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17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® to be Simulcast Live on TNT and TBS .......................01
Nominations Announcement .........................................................................................................02
Nominations Fact Sheet .................................................................................................................02
Ernest Borgnine to be Honored with SAG’s 47th Life Achievement Award ....................................03
Angie Harmon: Social Media Host..................................................................................................04
The Actor® Statuette and the Voting Process ................................................................................05
Screen Actors Guild Awards Nomenclature ...................................................................................05
SAG Awards® Auction Benefiting the SAG Foundation .................................................................06
PEOPLE Magazine and Entertainment Industry Foundation to Host SAG Awards Gala ..............07
The House of Graff to Sponsor SAG Awards Green Room ...........................................................08
SAG Awards “By the Numbers” ......................................................................................................09
SAG Background ............................................................................................................................10
Ken Howard Bio ..............................................................................................................................11
Jeff Margolis Bio .............................................................................................................................12
Kathy Connell Bio ...........................................................................................................................13
SAG Awards Committee Bios .........................................................................................................14
SAG Awards Creative Team ..........................................................................................................15
Production Credits ..........................................................................................................................16
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................16
Screen Actors Guild Awards History ..............................................................................................17
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For Immediate Release
Nominations Announced for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Actor® Awards Ceremony will be Simulcast Live on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, on TNT and TBS
at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT)
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 16, 2010)—Nominees for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in
2010 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced
this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.
SAG Awards® Committee Chair JoBeth Williams introduced Rosario Dawson (“Unstoppable”) and Angie Harmon (TNT’s “Rizzoli
& Isles” and 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Social Media (Host), who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors®. Jo Beth
Williams and Vice Chair Daryl Anderson also announced the stunt ensemble nominees.
The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 at 8
p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT) from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble
honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.COM live pre-show webcasts, which begin at 6
p.m. (ET), 5 p.m. (CT), 4 p.m. (MT), and 3 p.m. (PT).
Of the top industry accolades presented to performers, only the Screen Actors Guild Awards are selected solely by actors’
peers. Two randomly selected panels–one for television and one for film–each composed of 2,100 randomly selected Guild members from
across the United States, chose this year’s Actor® and stunt ensemble honors nominees. Integrity Voting Systems, the Awards’ official
teller, mailed the nominations secret ballots on Wednesday, Nov. 24. Voting was completed at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010.
Final voting information will be mailed via postcard on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. The entire active membership of the Guild
across the country, numbering approximately 100,000 actors, will vote on all categories. Online voting is encouraged. Paper ballots will be
made available only upon request, which must be made by Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. All votes must be received at Integrity Voting Systems by
noon on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Results will be tallied and sealed until the envelopes are opened by the presenters at the 17 th Annual
Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on Jan. 30.
The Screen Actors Guild Post-Awards Gala benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, will be hosted for the 15 th
consecutive year by PEOPLE Magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).
The complete list of nominations for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards follows. A replay of both announcements will
be available for viewing on TNT.TV and TBS.COM.
NOTE TO MEDIA:
A downloadable version of this announcement and thumbnail photos of this year’s nominees are available to you online at
www.sagawards.org. A .pdf of the 17th Annual SAG Awards preliminary press kit is also posted on the site.
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17th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
JEFF BRIDGES / Rooster Cogburn – “TRUE GRIT” (Paramount Pictures)
ROBERT DUVALL / Felix Bush - "GET LOW” (Sony Pictures Classics)
JESSE EISENBERG / Mark Zuckerberg - "THE SOCIAL NETWORK" (Columbia Pictures)
COLIN FIRTH / King George VI - "THE KING’S SPEECH" (The Weinstein Company)
JAMES FRANCO / Aron Ralston - "127 HOURS" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNETTE BENING / Nic - "THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT” (Focus Features)
NICOLE KIDMAN / Becca – “RABBIT HOLE” (Lionsgate)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Ree Dolly – “WINTER’S BONE” (Roadside Attractions)
NATALIE PORTMAN / Nina Sayers – “BLACK SWAN” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
HILARY SWANK / Betty Anne Waters – “CONVICTION” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
CHRISTIAN BALE / Dicky Eklund – “THE FIGHTER” (Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media)
JOHN HAWKES / Teardrop – “WINTER’S BONE” (Roadside Attractions)
JEREMY RENNER / James Coughlin – “THE TOWN” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
MARK RUFFALO / Paul – “THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT” (Focus Features)
GEOFFREY RUSH / Lionel Logue – “THE KING’S SPEECH” (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS / Charlene Fleming – “THE FIGHTER” (Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media)
HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Queen Elizabeth – “THE KING’S SPEECH” (The Weinstein Company)
MILA KUNIS / Lily – “BLACK SWAN” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
MELISSA LEO / Alice Ward – “THE FIGHTER” (Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media)
HAILEE STEINFELD / Mattie Ross – “TRUE GRIT” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
VINCENT CASSEL / Thomas Leroy
BARBARA HERSHEY / Erica Sayers
MILA KUNIS / Lily
NATALIE PORTMAN / Nina Sayers
WINONA RYDER / Beth Macintyre
THE FIGHTER (Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media)
AMY ADAMS / Charlene Fleming
CHRISTIAN BALE / Dicky Eklund
MELISSA LEO / Alice Ward
JACK MCGEE / George Ward
MARK WAHLBERG / Micky Ward
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)
ANNETTE BENING / Nic
JOSH HUTCHERSON / Laser
JULIANNE MOORE / Jules
MARK RUFFALO / Paul
MIA WASIKOWSKA / Joni
THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Company)
ANTHONY ANDREWS / Stanley Baldwin
HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Queen Elizabeth
JENNIFER EHLE / Myrtle Logue
COLIN FIRTH / King George VI
MICHAEL GAMBON / King George V
DEREK JACOBI / Archbishop Cosmo Lang
GUY PEARCE / King Edward VIII
GEOFFREY RUSH / Lionel Logue
TIMOTHY SPALL / Winston Churchill
THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Columbia Pictures)
JESSE EISENBERG / Mark Zuckerberg
ANDREW GARFIELD / Eduardo Saverin
ARMIE HAMMER / Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
MAX MINGHELLA / Divya Narendra
JOSH PENCE / Tyler Winklevoss
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE / Sean Parker
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
JOHN GOODMAN / Neal Nicol – “YOU DON’T KNOW JACK” (HBO)
AL PACINO / Jack Kevorkian – “YOU DON’T KNOW JACK” (HBO)
DENNIS QUAID / Bill Clinton – “THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP” (HBO)
ÉDGAR RAMÍREZ / Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, aka ‘Carlos’ – “CARLOS” (Sundance Channel)
PATRICK STEWART / Macbeth – “MACBETH (GREAT PERFORMANCES)” (Thirteen/PBS)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
CLAIRE DANES / Temple Grandin – “TEMPLE GRANDIN” (HBO)
CATHERINE O’HARA / Aunt Ann – “TEMPLE GRANDIN” (HBO)
JULIA ORMOND / Eustacia Grandin – “TEMPLE GRANDIN” (HBO)
WINONA RYDER / Lois Wilson – “WHEN LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH: THE LOIS WILSON STORY” (CBS)
SUSAN SARANDON / Janet Good – “YOU DON’T KNOW JACK” (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STEVE BUSCEMI / Nucky Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan – “DEXTER” (SHOWTIME)
JON HAMM / Don Draper – “MAD MEN” (AMC)
HUGH LAURIE / Dr. Gregory House – “HOUSE” (FOX)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
GLENN CLOSE / Patty Hewes – “DAMAGES” (FX)
MARISKA HARGITAY / Det. Olivia Benson – “LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT” (NBC)
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS)
ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson – “MAD MEN” (AMC)
KYRA SEDGWICK / Dep. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson – “THE CLOSER” (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy - “30 ROCK” (NBC)
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott - “THE OFFICE” (NBC)
CHRIS COLFER / Kurt Hummel – “GLEE” (FOX)
ED O’NEILL / Jay Pritchett – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton - “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon - “30 ROCK” (NBC)
JANE LYNCH / Sue Sylvester – “GLEE” (FOX)
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
BETTY WHITE / Elka Ostrovsky – “HOT IN CLEVELAND” (TV Land)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
GREG ANTONACCI / Johnny Torrio
STEVE BUSCEMI / Nucky Thompson
DABNEY COLEMAN / Commodore Louis Kaestner
PAZ DE LA HUERTA / Lucy Danzinger
STEPHEN GRAHAM / Al Capone
ANTHONY LACIURA / Eddie Kessler
KELLY MACDONALD / Margaret Schroeder
GRETCHEN MOL / Gillian Darmody
ALEKSA PALLADINO / Angela Darmody
VINCENT PIAZZA / Lucky Luciano
MICHAEL PITT / Jimmy Darmody
MICHAEL SHANNON / Agent Nelson Van Alden
PAUL SPARKS / Mickey Doyle
MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Arnold Rothstein
ERIK WEINER / Agent Sebso
SHEA WHIGHAM / Sheriff Elias Thompson
THE CLOSER (TNT)
G.W. BAILEY / Det. Lt. Provenza
MICHAEL PAUL CHAN / Lt. Mike Tao
RAYMOND CRUZ / Det. Julio Sanchez
JONATHAN DEL ARCO / Dr. Morales
TONY DENISON / Lt. Andy Flynn
ROBERT GOSSETT / Commander Taylor
PHILLIP P. KEENE / Buzz
COREY REYNOLDS / Sgt. David Gabriel
KYRA SEDGWICK / Dep. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
J.K. SIMMONS / Asst. Police Chief Will Pope
JON TENNEY / FBI Special Agent Fritz Howard
DEXTER (Showtime)
JENNIFER CARPENTER / Debra Morgan
APRIL HERNANDEZ CASTILLO / Cira
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan
DESMOND HARRINGTON / Joey Quinn
MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY / Sonya
C.S. LEE / Vince Masuka
JONNY LEE MILLER / Jordan Chase
JAMES REMAR / Harry Morgan
JULIA STILES / Lumen Pierce
LAUREN VELEZ / Lt. Maria LaGuerta
PETER WELLER / Liddy
DAVID ZAYAS / Sgt. Angel Batista
THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)
CHRISTINE BARANSKI / Diane Lockhart
JOSH CHARLES / Will Gardner
ALAN CUMMING / Eli Gold
MATT CZUCHRY / Cary Agos
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick
CHRIS NOTH / Peter Florrick
ARCHIE PANJABI / Kalinda Sharma
GRAHAM PHILLIPS / Zach Florrick
MAKENZIE VEGA / Grace Florrick
MAD MEN (AMC)
CARA BUONO / Faye Miller
JON HAMM / Don Draper
JARED HARRIS / Lane Pryce
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS / Joan Harris
JANUARY JONES / Betty Francis (Draper)
VINCENT KARTHEISER / Pete Campbell
MATT LONG / Joey Baird
ROBERT MORSE / Bert Cooper
ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson
JESSICA PARÉ / Megan Calvet
KIERNAN SHIPKA / Sally Draper
JOHN SLATTERY / Roger Sterling
RICH SOMMER / Harry Crane
CHRISTOPHER STANLEY / Henry Francis
AARON STATON / Ken Cosgrove
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 ROCK (NBC)
SCOTT ADSIT / Pete Hornberger
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy
KATRINA BOWDEN / Cerie
KEVIN BROWN / Dotcom
GRIZZ CHAPMAN / Grizz
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon
JUDAH FRIEDLANDER / Frank Rossitano
JANE KRAKOWSKI / Jenna Maroney
JOHN LUTZ / Lutz
JACK MCBRAYER / Kenneth Parcell
TRACY MORGAN / Tracy Jordan
MAULIK PANCHOLY / Jonathan
KEITH POWELL / Toofer
GLEE (FOX)
MAX ADLER / Dave Karofsky
DIANNA AGRON / Quinn Fabray
CHRIS COLFER / Kurt Hummel
JANE LYNCH / Sue Sylvester
JAYMA MAYS / Emma Pillsbury
KEVIN MCHALE / Arty Abrams
LEA MICHELE / Rachel Berry
CORY MONTEITH / Finn Hudson
HEATHER MORRIS / Brittany Pierce
MATTHEW MORRISON / Will Schuester
MIKE O’MALLEY / Burt Hummel
CHORD OVERSTREET / Sam Evans
AMBER RILEY / Mercedes
NAYA RIVERA / Santana Lopez
MARK SALLING / Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman
HARRY SHUM JR. / Mike Chang
IQBAL THEBA / Principal Figgins
JENNA USHKOWITZ / Tina
HOT IN CLEVELAND (TV Land)
VALERIE BERTINELLI / Melanie Moretti
JANE LEEVES / Joy Scroggs
WENDIE MALICK / Victoria Chase
BETTY WHITE / Elka Ostrovsky
MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy
JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell Pritchett
NOLAN GOULD / Luke Dunphy
SARAH HYLAND / Haley Dunphy
ED O’NEILL / Jay Pritchett
RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny Delgado
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
ARIEL WINTER / Alex Dunphy
THE OFFICE (NBC)
LESLIE DAVID BAKER / Stanley Hudson
BRIAN BAUMGARTNER / Kevin Malone
CREED BRATTON / Creed Bratton
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott
JENNA FISCHER / Pam Beesly Halpert
KATE FLANNERY / Meredith Palmer
ED HELMS / Andy Bernard
MINDY KALING / Kelly Kapoor
ELLIE KEMPER / Erin Hannon
ANGELA KINSEY / Angela Martin
JOHN KRASINSKI / Jim Halpert
PAUL LIEBERSTEIN / Toby Flenderson
B.J. NOVAK / Ryan Howard
OSCAR NUÑEZ / Oscar Martinez
CRAIG ROBINSON / Daryll Philbin
PHYLLIS SMITH / Phyllis Lapin-Vance
RAINN WILSON / Dwight Schrute
ZACH WOODS / Gabe Lewis
SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
GREEN ZONE (Universal Pictures)
INCEPTION (Warner Bros. Pictures)
ROBIN HOOD (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
BURN NOTICE (USA)
CSI: NY (CBS)
DEXTER (SHOWTIME)
SOUTHLAND (TNT)
TRUE BLOOD (HBO)
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Screen Actors Guild Awards 47th Annual Life Achievement Award
Ernest Borgnine
17th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS FACT SHEET
ACTORS WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS – THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES / PRIMETIME TELEVISION
WINONA RYDER (2)
CAST – “Black Swan”
FEMALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story”
ACTORS WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS - THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
AMY ADAMS (2)
FEMALE SUPPORT – “The Fighter”
CAST – “The Fighter”
CHRISTIAN BALE (2)
MALE SUPPORT – “The Fighter”
CAST – “The Fighter”
ANNETTE BENING (2)
FEMALE LEAD – “The Kids Are All Right”
CAST – “The Kids Are All Right”
HELENA BONHAM CARTER (2)
FEMALE SUPPORT – “The King’s Speech”
CAST – “The King’s Speech”
JESSE EISENBERG (2)
MALE LEAD – “The Social Network”
CAST – “The Social Network”
COLIN FIRTH (2)
MALE LEAD – “The King’s Speech”
CAST – “The King’s Speech”
MILA KUNIS (2)
FEMALE SUPPORT – “Black Swan”
CAST – “Black Swan”
MELISSA LEO (2)
FEMALE SUPPORT – “The Fighter”
CAST – “The Fighter”
NATALIE PORTMAN (2)
FEMALE LEAD – “Black Swan”
CAST – “Black Swan”
MARK RUFFALO (2)
MALE SUPPORT – “The Kids Are All Right”
CAST – “The Kids Are All Right”
GEOFFREY RUSH (2)
MALE SUPPORT – “The King’s Speech”
CAST – “The King’s Speech”
ACTORS WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS - PRIMETIME TELEVISION
ALEC BALDWIN (2)
MALE COMEDY – “30 Rock”
ENSEMBLE COMEDY – “30 Rock”
TY BURRELL (2)
MALE COMEDY – “Modern Family”
ENSEMBLE COMEDY – “Modern Family”
STEVE BUSCEMI (2)
MALE DRAMA – “Boardwalk Empire”
ENSEMBLE DRAMA – “Boardwalk Empire”
STEVE CARELL (2)
MALE COMEDY – “The Office”
ENSEMBLE COMEDY – “The Office”
CHRIS COLFER (2)
MALE COMEDY – “Glee”
ENSEMBLE COMEDY – “Glee”
TINA FEY (2)
FEMALE COMEDY – “30 Rock”
ENSEMBLE COMEDY – “30 Rock”
MICHAEL C. HALL (2)
MALE DRAMA – “Dexter”
ENSEMBLE DRAMA – “Dexter”
JON HAMM (2)
MALE DRAMA – “Mad Men”
ENSEMBLE DRAMA – “Mad Men”
JANE LYNCH (2)
FEMALE COMEDY – “Glee”
ENSEMBLE COMEDY – “Glee”
JULIANNA MARGULIES (2)
FEMALE DRAMA – “The Good Wife”
ENSEMBLE DRAMA – “The Good Wife”
ELISABETH MOSS (2)
FEMALE DRAMA – “Mad Men”
EMSEMBLE DRAMA – “Mad Men”
ED O’NEILL (2)
MALE COMEDY – “Modern Family”
ENSEMBLE COMEDY – “Modern Family”
KYRA SEDGWICK (2)
FEMALE DRAMA – “The Closer”
ENSEMBLE DRAMA – “The Closer”
SOFIA VERGARA (2)
FEMALE COMEDY – “Modern Family”
ENSEMBLE COMEDY – “Modern Family”
BETTY WHITE (2)
FEMALE COMEDY – “Hot In Cleveland”
ENSEMBLE COMEDY – “Hot In Cleveland”
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS
THE FIGHTER - 4
THE KING’S SPEECH - 4
BLACK SWAN – 3
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT – 3
THE SOCIAL NETWORK - 2
TRUE GRIT – 2
WINTER’S BONE - 2
PRIMETIME TELEVISION PROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS
MODERN FAMILY – 4
30 ROCK – 3
DEXTER – 3
GLEE – 3
MAD MEN – 3
TEMPLE GRANDIN – 3
YOU DON’T KNOW JACK – 3
BOARDWALK EMPIRE – 2
THE CLOSER – 2
THE GOOD WIFE – 2
HOT IN CLEVELAND – 2
THE OFFICE – 2
NOMINATIONS BY STUDIO FOR THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
PARAMOUNT PICTURES – 6
FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES – 5
RELATIVITY MEDIA – 4
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY - 4
FOCUS FEATURES - 3
COLUMBIA PICTURES - 2
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS - 2
UNIVERSAL PICTURES - 2
WARNER BROS. PICTURES – 2
LIONSGATE - 1
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS - 1
NOMINATIONS BY NETWORK FOR PRIMETIME TELEVISION
HBO – 10
NBC – 6
ABC – 4
AMC – 4
CBS – 4
FOX – 4
SHOWTIME – 4
TNT – 3
TV LAND – 2
FX – 1
THIRTEEN / PBS – 1
SUNDANCE CHANNEL – 1
USA – 1
FIRST-TIME SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINEES
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
JESSE EISENBERG
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
NATALIE PORTMAN
MARK RUFFALO
MILA KUNIS
HAILEE STEINFELD
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
ÉDGAR RAMÎREZ
CATHERINE O’HARA
BETTY WHITE
BOARDWALK EMPIRE Ensemble
HOT IN CLEVELAND Ensemble
BURN NOTICE Stunt Ensemble
CSI: NEW YORK Stunt Ensemble
SOUTHLAND Stunt Ensemble
TRUE BLOOD Stunt Ensemble
NOMINEE SAG AWARDS® HISTORIES
(Note: “Total” tallies include this year’s nominations)
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
JEFF BRIDGES / “True Grit”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 1
2010 – MALE LEAD – “Crazy Heart”
Total Actor® nominations: 4
Previous Actor® nominations:
2004 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Seabiscuit”
2001 – MALE SUPPORT – “The Contender”
ROBERT DUVALL / “Get Low”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 1
1999 – MALE SUPPORT– “A Civil Action”
Total Actor® nominations: 6
Previous Actor® nominations:
2007 – MALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “Broken Trail”
1998 – MALE LEAD – “The Apostle”
1997 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Sling Blade”
1997 – MALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “The Man Who Captured Eichmann”
JESSE EISENBERG / “The Social Network”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Social Network”
These are Jesse Eisenberg’s first Actor® nominations.
COLIN FIRTH / “The King’s Speech”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®:
1999 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Shakespeare in Love”
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The King’s Speech”
Total Actor® nominations: 5
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010 – MALE LEAD – “A Single Man”
1997 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The English Patient”
JAMES FRANCO / “127 Hours”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Previous Actor® nominations:
2009 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Milk”
2002 – MALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “James Dean”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNETTE BENING / “The Kids Are All Right”
Total nominations in this category: 3
Previous Actors®: 2
Total Actor® nominations: 6
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Kids Are All Right”
Previous Actors®:
2000 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “American Beauty”
2000 – FEMALE LEAD – “American Beauty”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2007 – FEMALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “Mrs. Harris”
2005 – FEMALE LEAD – “Being Julia”
NICOLE KIDMAN / “Rabbit Hole”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 5
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Nine”
2003 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Hours”
2003 – FEMALE LEAD – “The Hours”
2002 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Moulin Rouge”
JENNIFER LAWRENCE / “Winter’s Bone”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 1
This is Jennifer Lawrence’s first Actor® nomination.
NATALIE PORTMAN / “Black Swan”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Black Swan”
These are Natalie Portman’s first Actor® nominations.
HILARY SWANK / “Conviction”
Total nominations in this category: 3
Previous Actors®: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 5
Previous Actors®:
2005 – FEMALE LEAD – “Million Dollar Baby”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2005 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Million Dollar Baby”
2005 – FEMALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “Iron Jawed Angels”
2000 – FEMALE LEAD – “Boys Don’t Cry”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
CHRISTIAN BALE / “The Fighter”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Fighter”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2008 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “3:10 to Yuma”
JOHN HAWKES / “Winter’s Bone”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Previous Actor® nominations:
2008 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “American Gangster”
2007 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Deadwood”
JEREMY RENNER / “The Town”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010 – MALE LEAD – “The Hurt Locker”
2010 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Hurt Locker”
MARK RUFFALO / “The Kids Are All Right”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 1
This is Mark Ruffalo’s first Actor® nomination.
GEOFFREY RUSH / “The King’s Speech”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 3
Total Actor® nominations: 8
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The King’s Speech”
Previous Actors®:
2005 – MALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers”
1999 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Shakespeare in Love”
1997 – MALE LEAD – “Shine”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2001 – MALE LEAD – “Quills”
1999 – MALE SUPPORTING – “Shakespeare in Love”
1997 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Shine”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS / “The Fighter”
Total nominations in this category: 3
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 5
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Fighter”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2009 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Doubt”
2009 – FEMALE SUPPORT – “Doubt”
2006 – FEMALE SUPPORT – “Junebug”
HELENA BONHAM CARTER / “The King’s Speech”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The King’s Speech”
Previous Actor® nominations:
1998 – FEMALE LEAD – “The Wings of the Dove”
MILA KUNIS / “Black Swan”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Black Swan”
This is Mila Kunis’s first Actor® nomination.
MELISSA LEO / “The Fighter”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Fighter”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2009 – FEMALE LEAD – “Frozen River”
HAILEE STEINFELD / “True Grit”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 1
This is Hailee Steinfeld’s first Actor® nomination.
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
JOHN GOODMAN / “You Don’t Know Jack”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Previous Actor® nominations:
1995 – MALE COMEDY SERIES – “Roseanne”
AL PACINO / “You Don’t Know Jack”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Previous Actors®:
2004 – MALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “Angels In America”
DENNIS QUAID / “The Special Relationship”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Previous Actors®:
2001 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Traffic”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2003 – MALE SUPPORT – “ Far From Heaven”
ÉDGAR RAMÍREZ / “Carlos”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 1
This is Édgar Ramírez’s first Actor® nomination.
PATRICK STEWART / “Macbeth (Great Performances)”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Previous Actor® nominations:
2000 – MALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “A Christmas Carol”
1995 – MALE DRAMA SERIES – “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
CLAIRE DANES / “Temple Grandin”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Previous Actor® nominations:
2003 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Hours”
CATHERINE O’HARA / “Temple Grandin”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 1
This is Catherine O’Hara’s first Actor® nomination.
JULIA ORMOND / “Temple Grandin”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Previous Actor® nominations:
2009 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
WINONA RYDER / “When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Concurrent nominations this year:
MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Black Swan”
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Previous Actor® nominations:
1996 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “How To Make An American Quilt”
SUSAN SARANDON / “You Don’t Know Jack”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 4
Previous Actors®:
1996 – FEMALE LEAD – “Dead Man Walking”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2009 – FEMALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “Bernard and Doris”
1995 – FEMALE LEAD – “The Client”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STEVE BUSCEMI / “Boardwalk Empire”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Concurrent nominations this year:
DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Boardwalk Empire”
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Previous Actor® nominations:
2005 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Sopranos”
BRYAN CRANSTON / “Breaking Bad”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010 – MALE DRAMA SERIES – “Breaking Bad”
MICHAEL C. HALL / “Dexter”
Total nominations in this category: 5
Previous Actors®: 3
Total Actor® nominations: 13
Concurrent nominations this year:
DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Dexter”
Previous Actors®:
2010 – MALE DRAMA SERIES – “Dexter”
2004, 2003 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE- “Six Feet Under”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2009 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Dexter”
2009, 2008, 2007 - MALE DRAMA SERIES- “Dexter”
2006, 2005, 2002 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE– “Six Feet Under”
JON HAMM / “Mad Men”
Total nominations in this category: 4
Previous Actors®: 2
Total Actor® nominations: 8
Concurrent nominations this year:
DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Mad Men”
Previous Actors®:
2010, 2009 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Mad Men”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2009, 2008 – MALE DRAMA SERIES – “Mad Men”
2008 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Mad Men”
HUGH LAURIE / “House”
Total nominations in this category: 6
Previous Actors®: 2
Total Actor® nominations: 7
Previous Actors®:
2009, 2007 – MALE DRAMA SERIES – “House”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2009 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “House”
2010, 2008, 2006 – MALE DRAMA SERIES – “House”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
GLENN CLOSE / “Damages”
Total nominations in this category: 3
Previous Actors®: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 6
Previous Actors®:
2005 - FEMALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “The Lion in Winter”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2008 – FEMALE DRAMA SERIES – “Damages”
1998 – FEMALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “In the Gloaming”
1996 – FEMALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “Serving in Silence”
MARISKA HARGITAY / “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Total nominations in this category: 6
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 6
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2004 – FEMALE DRAMA SERIES – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
JULIANNA MARGULIES / “The Good Wife”
Total nominations in this category: 5
Previous Actors®: 7
Total Actor® nominations: 14
Concurrent nominations this year:
DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Good Wife”
Previous Actors®:
2010 – FEMALE DRAMA SERIES – “The Good Wife”
1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “ER”
1999, 1998 – FEMALE DRAMA SERIES – “ER”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Good Wife”
1996 – FEMALE DRAMA SERIES – “ER”
2001, 2000, 1995 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “ER”
ELISABETH MOSS / “Mad Men”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 2
Total Actor® nominations: 6
Concurrent nominations this year:
DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “ Mad Men”
Previous Actors®:
2010, 2009 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Mad Men”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2009 – FEMALE DRAMA SERIES – “Mad Men”
2008 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Mad Men”
KYRA SEDGWICK / “The Closer”
Total nominations in this category: 6
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 11
Concurrent nominations this year:
DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Closer”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 - FEMALE DRAMA SERIES – “The Closer”
2010, 2009, 2008, 2006 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Closer”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / “30 Rock”
Total nominations in this category: 5
Previous Actors®: 5
Total Actor® nominations: 14
Concurrent nominations this year:
COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “30 Rock”
Previous Actors®:
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 – MALE COMEDY SERIES – “30 Rock”
2009 – COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “30 Rock”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2008 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “30 Rock”
2007 - MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Departed”
2005 - MOTION PICTURE CAST – “The Aviator”
2004 - MALE SUPPORT – “The Cooler”
2001 - MALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “Nuremberg”
1996 - MALE TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES – “A Streetcar Named Desire”
TY BURRELL / “Modern Family”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Concurrent nominations this year:
COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Modern Family”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010 – COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Modern Family”
STEVE CARELL / “The Office”
Total nominations in this category: 5
Previous Actors®: 3
Total Actor® nominations: 11
Concurrent nominations this year:
COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Office”
Previous Actors®:
2008, 2007 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Office”
2007 – MOTION PICTURE CAST – “Little Miss Sunshine”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2009 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Office”
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 - MALE COMEDY SERIES – “The Office”
CHRIS COLFER / “Glee”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Concurrent nominations this year:
COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Glee”
Previous Actors®:
2010 – COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Glee”
ED O’NEILL / “Modern Family”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Concurrent nominations this year:
COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Modern Family”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010 – COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Modern Family”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
EDIE FALCO / “Nurse Jackie”
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 5
Total Actor® nominations: 15
Previous Actors®:
2008, 2000 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Sopranos”
2008, 2003, 2000 – FEMALE DRAMA SERIES – “The Sopranos”
Previous Actor® Nominations
2010 – FEMALE COMEDY SERIES – “Nurse Jackie”
2007, 2005, 2002, 2001 – DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE – “The Sopranos”
2007, 2005, 2002, 2001 – FEMALE DRAMA SERIES – “The Sopranos”
TINA FEY / “30 Rock”
Total nominations in this category: 4
Previous Actors®: 4
Total Actor® nominations: 8
Concurrent nominations this year:
COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “30 Rock”
Previous Actors®:
2010, 2009, 2008 – FEMALE COMEDY SERIES – “30 Rock”
2009 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “30 Rock”
Previous Actor® Nominations:
2010, 2008 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “30 Rock”
JANE LYNCH / “Glee”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Concurrent nominations this year:
COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Glee”
Previous Actors®:
2010 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Glee”
SOFIA VERGARA / “Modern Family”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Concurrent nominations this year:
COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Modern Family”
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Modern Family”
BETTY WHITE / “Hot In Cleveland”
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Concurrent nominations this year:
COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE – “Hot in Cleveland”
These are Betty White’s first Actor® nominations.
Betty White was the recipient of Screen Actors Guild’s 46th Annual Life Achievement Award.
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 1
This is the “Boardwalk Empire” ensemble’s first Actor® nomination.
THE CLOSER
Total nominations in this category: 5
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 5
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2009, 2008, 2006 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE
DEXTER
Total nominations in this category: 3
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 3
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2009 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE
“Dexter’s” stunt ensemble is also nominated for the second consecutive year.
THE GOOD WIFE
Total nominations in this category: 2
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE
MAD MEN
Total nominations in this category: 4
Previous Actors®: 2
Total Actor® nominations: 4
Previous Actors®:
2010, 2009 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE
Previous Actor® nominations:
2008 - DRAMA SERIES ENSEMBLE
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 ROCK
Total nominations in this category: 4
Previous Actors®: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 4
Previous Actors®
2009 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE
Previous Actor® nominations:
2010, 2008 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE
GLEE
Total nominations in this category: 2
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Previous Actors®: 1
2010 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE
HOT IN CLEVELAND
Total nominations in this category: 1
Total Actor® nominations: 1
This is the “Hot In Cleveland” ensemble’s first Actor® nomination.
MODERN FAMILY
Total nominations in this category: 2
Previous Actors®: 0
Total Actor® nominations: 2
Previous Actor® nominations
2010 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE
THE OFFICE
Total nominations in this category: 5
Previous Actors®: 2
Total Actor® nominations: 5
Previous Actors®:
2008, 2007 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE
Previous Actor® nominations
2010, 2009 - COMEDY SERIES ENSEMBLE
SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
BURN NOTICE
Total Stunt Ensemble nominations: 1
This is the “Burn Notice” stunt ensemble’s first nomination.
CSI: NEW YORK
Total Stunt Ensemble nominations: 1
This is the “CSI: New York” stunt ensemble’s first nomination.
DEXTER
Total Stunt Ensemble nominations: 2
Previous Stunt Ensemble nominations: 2010
SOUTHLAND
Total Stunt Ensemble nominations: 1
This is the “Southland” stunt ensemble’s first nomination.
TRUE BLOOD
Total Stunt Ensemble nominations: 1
This is the “True Blood” stunt ensemble’s first nomination.
SAG to Honor Finest Performances of 2010
At the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®,
Simulcast Live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011
at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT)
Ernest Borgnine to Receive Screen Actors Guild’s Life Achievement Award
LOS ANGELES - The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, one of the awards season’s premier events,
will honor outstanding performances from 2010 in five film categories and eight television categories, including the
distinctive ensemble awards. The ceremony will be simulcast live coast-to-coast on TNT and TBS on Sunday,
Jan. 30, 2011, at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los
Angeles. An encore presentation will air on TNT at 10 p.m. (ET) 9 p.m. (CT), 8 p.m. (MT) and 7 p.m. (PT).
Prior to the televised ceremony, the SAG Honors for television and film stunt ensembles will be announced by
SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Committee Member Scott Bakula during the live tnt.tv and
tbs.com webcasts from the red carpet which begin at 6 p.m. (ET)/3 p.m. (PT).
The presentation of this year’s SAG Awards marks TNT’s 14 th telecast of this prestigious industry event, the sixth
consecutive simulcast on TBS.
Each year at the SAG Awards®, the red carpet and showroom fill with a who’s who of the entertainment industry
as the casts of the year’s best-acted films and television series come together with industry leaders to meet,
mingle and cheer their colleagues. Set within an intimate dinner-party atmosphere, the event is an evening of
spirited camaraderie, glamorous fashion, warm reunions, spontaneous laughter and shared respect. Unlike other
awards ceremonies, the SAG Awards puts its focus squarely on the actors, from the signature opening montage
of “Actors’ Stories” to the acceptance speeches in which Actor® recipients speak from the heart to their peers. The
Screen Actors Guild Awards are closely watched by the industry as a precursor of possible Oscar ® and Emmy®
recognition and by viewers as an emotional, memorable night of live television.
A highlight of the evening will be the presentation of Screen Actors Guild’s 2010 Life Achievement Award to
Ernest Borgnine. The accolade celebrates both career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
Previous recipients include Betty White, James Earl Jones, Charles Durning, Julie Andrews, Shirley Temple
Black, James Garner, Karl Malden, Clint Eastwood, Edward Asner, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier,
Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Robert Redford and George Burns, among others. A complete
list of the 46 previous Life Achievement Award recipients can be found at www.sagawards.org.
The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will also continue the tradition of saluting the Guild’s membership. In
past years, the awards show has spotlighted stunt performers, child actors, character actors, background singers,
dancers, background performers and voice-over artists among others. In 2007, the ceremony featured a tribute to
SAG’s 75th Anniversary.
An elegant new set reminiscent of a grand lobby will provide an opulent backdrop against which the ceremony will
unfold. The most distinguishing features are a pair of monumental lacquered doors, each framed by oversized
molding with rococo staff detail, which will lead to the wings on either side of the stage. Gold-leafed vertical pipes
will line the perimeter of the stage, rising up from a black and white check lacquered floor, while in the center will
float a gold-leafed ornately-framed screen on which the nominated performances and tributes that are at the heart
of the event will be showcased. A custom-made crystal chandelier will punctuate the stage lighting, echoed in
multiple overhead crystal fixtures throughout the showroom.
Of the top industry honors presented to performers, only the Screen Actors Guild Awards are conferred solely by
actors’ peers. The SAG Awards was the first televised awards show created by a union to acknowledge the work
of actors and the first to establish ensemble and cast awards. The SAG Awards nominees are chosen by
separate film and television nominating committees, each consisting of 2,100 SAG members from around the
country, randomly selected anew each year.
Rosario Dawson and Angie Harmon, who were introduced by SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams,
announced nominations for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Williams
and SAG Awards Committee Vice Chair Daryl Anderson announced nominees for the SAG stunt ensemble
honors. The nominations announcement was carried live on TNT, tnt.tv and tbs.com. All active members of SAG
will be mailed voting instructions on Dec. 30. Votes to determine who will receive the coveted bronze Actor
statuettes on Jan. 30 must be received by the SAG Awards official teller, Integrity Voting Systems, by Jan. 28.
PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) will host the Screen Actors Guild PostAwards Gala for the 15th consecutive year. This exclusive event honors the philanthropic causes and good works
of the members of the Screen Actors Guild. The gala, benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, will
immediately follow the SAG Awards on the backlot of the Shrine Exposition Center.
The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be telecast internationally, as well as to U.S. military
installations overseas through the American Forces Network Broadcast Center.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards® is committed to reducing the Awards’ environmental footprint and in 2010 was
honored for the second consecutive year with the Environmental Media Association (EMA)’s Green Seal,
recognizing a production’s outstanding efforts to implement sustainable initiatives and promote environmental
awareness.
The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be produced by Jeff Margolis Productions in association with
Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC. Jeff Margolis is the executive producer and director. Kathy Connell is the
producer. JoBeth Williams, Daryl Anderson, Scott Bakula, Shelley Fabares and Paul Napier are producers for
SAG. Gloria Fujita O’Brien and Mick McCullough are supervising producers. Benn Fleishman is executive in
charge of production. More information is available online at www.sagawards.org.
Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has
a rich history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement
contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists’ rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry
in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents more than 125,000 actors who work in film and
digital theatrical motion pictures and television programs, commercials, video games, industrials, Internet and all
new media formats. The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be
a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. Headquartered in Los Angeles, SAG is a proud affiliate of the
AFL-CIO. More information is available online at www.sag.org.
TNT, one of cable's top-rated networks, is television's destination for drama. Seen in 100.5 million households,
the network is home to such original series as "The Closer," starring Kyra Sedgwick; “Rizzoli & Isles,” starring
Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander; "Leverage," starring Timothy Hutton; “”HawthoRNe,” with Jada Pinkett
Smith; “Memphis Beat,” with Jason Lee; “Men of a Certain Age,” with Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott
Bakula; and “Southland,” from Emmy®-winning producer John Wells (“ER”); as well as the upcoming “Falling
Skies,” starring Noah Wylie, and “Franklin & Bash,” with Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer. TNT also
presents such powerful dramas as "Bones," “Supernatural,” “Las Vegas,” "Law & Order," “CSI: NY” "Cold Case"
and “Numb3rs;” broadcast premiere movies; compelling primetime specials, such as the “Screen Actors Guild
Awards®”; and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR, the NBA and the NCAA men’s basketball
tournament. TNT is available in high-definition.
TBS, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television's top-rated comedy network and is available in
100.8 million households. It serves as home to such original comedy series as "Glory Daze," "Are We There
Yet?” and Tyler Perry's “House of Payne" and “Meet the Browns;” the late-night series “CONAN” starring Conan
O’Brien, and “Lopez Tonight,” starring George Lopez; hot contemporary comedies like "Family Guy” and "The
Office;" " specials like "Funniest Commercials of the Year"; special events, including star-studded comedy
festivals in Chicago; blockbuster movies; hosted movie showcases and championship sports.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment,
animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
Ernest Borgnine Honored
With 2010 Screen Actors Guild
Life Achievement Award
Ernest Borgnine, who is exuberantly entering his seventh decade of creating memorable characters and awardwinning performances, will receive Screen Actors Guild (SAG)’s most prestigious accolade-—the Screen Actors
Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Borgnine, who has
performed in more than 200 motion pictures, five television series and dozens of television films and guest
appearances, will be presented the Award, given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting
profession,” at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, which premieres live on TNT and TBS on Sunday,
Jan. 30, 2011 at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT). 5 p.m. (PT).
In making the announcement, Screen Actors Guild National President Ken Howard said, “Whether portraying
brutish villains, sympathetic everymen, complex leaders or hapless heroes, Ernest Borgnine has brought a
boundless energy which, at 93, is still a hallmark of his remarkably busy life and career. It is with that same joyous
spirit that we salute his impressive body of work and his steadfast generosity.”
Borgnine has been the recipient of industry recognition, critical praise and audience approbation throughout his
career. He first drew the public eye in 1953 with his portrayal of the vicious Sergeant “Fatso” Judson, who beat
Frank Sinatra’s Maggio to a pulpy death in the Oscar -winning film “From Here to Eternity.” He was memorable
as one of the thugs who threatened a one-armed Spencer Tracy in “Bad Day at Black Rock,” then did a 180degree turn in 1955, starring for director Delbert Mann and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky as the title character in
what was to be the year’s best picture Oscar winner, “Marty.” His touching performance as the lonely butcher won
Borgnine an Academy Award®, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe®. He would receive a second Golden Globe
nomination some 52 years later for the title role in the telefilm “A Grandpa for Christmas” and an Independent
Spirit Award nomination in 1989 for his Mafia boss in “Spike of Bensonhurst.”
During the ‘50s, Borgnine performed frequently on such Golden Age of Television masterworks as “G.E. Theatre”
and “Philco Playhouse,” but it was the 1962-66 broad ensemble comedy “McHale’s Navy” that would cement his
presence as a household name and earn Borgnine his first Emmy® nomination in 1963. The Television Academy
would again nominate Borgnine in 1980 for his portrait of World War I soldier Stanislaus Katczinsky in the
Hallmark Hall of Fame production of “All Quiet on the Western Front” (again under Delbert Mann’s direction) and
just last year for his guest role as a devoted husband coming to terms with his wife’s imminent death in the final
episode of “ER.”
Borgnine was also the recipient in 1999 of a Daytime Emmy nomination for his voice work as Carface in the
animated “All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series” and the same year began his continuing run as the voice of semiretired aquatic superhero Mermaid Man in the Nickelodeon smash-hit “SpongeBob SquarePants,” bringing him a
whole new legion of young fans. He’s also played an animated version of himself on “The Simpsons.”
Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino on Jan. 24, 1917 in Hamden, Conn., son of Italian immigrants Charles
(fka Camillo) and Anna Borgnino and grandson of Count Paolo Boselli, financial advisor to Italian King Victor
Emmanuel. When he was 2, his parents separated, and he moved to Italy with his mother until the family reunited
in Connecticut when Borgnine was 5. After he graduated high school in 1935, finding factory work and driving a
vegetable truck did not suit him, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was discharged in October 1941, but a few
months later, when the United States entered World War II, he re-enlisted and served until 1945, rising to the rank
of Gunner’s Mate 1st Class. After the war, at his mother’s suggestion and with funds from the GI Bill, he enrolled
in the Randall School of Dramatic Arts in Hartford, and then honed his craft at the famed Barter Theatre in
Abington, Va.. There he painted scenery, worked as stagehand and drove a truck yet-again, eventually getting a
shot at acting in numerous classics. He even traveled with the company to entertain U.S. servicemen in Germany
and Denmark, in the role of Guildenstern in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”
Borgnine’s big break came in 1949, when he won the role of the hospital attendant in a Broadway production of
“Harvey.” His success in live television prompted a move to Los Angeles, where in 1951, he made his motion
picture debut in “The Whistle at Eaton Falls.” The staggering catalog of his 200 motion pictures since includes
such classics as “Johnny Guitar,” starring Joan Crawford; “Vera Cruz,” with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster;
“The Catered Affair,” opposite Bette Davis; legendary ensemble pieces like Robert Aldrich’s “The Dirty Dozen”
and Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch”; and large-scale productions like “The Vikings,” “Torpedo Run,” “Emperor
of the North,” “Ice Station Zebra,” “Flight Of The Phoenix,” “Escape from New York” and “The Poseidon
Adventure.” He portrayed controversial FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover in the 1983 telefilm “Blood Feud” and again
in the feature “Hoover,” which he also executive produced. He also played real-life boxing coach Angelo Dundee
opposite Muhammad Ali (as himself) in “The Greatest.” His latest film “Red,” starring Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise
Parker, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox, opened in October.
Besides “McHale’s Navy,” Borgnine’s television credits include starring as seasoned police office Joe Cleaver in
“Future Cop” (1976-77), as veteran aircraft owner Dominic Santini “Airwolf” (1984-86), and as doorman Manny
Cordoba in “The Single Guy” (1995-97). Among his telefilms and miniseries are “Jesus of Nazareth”; “The Trail to
Hope Rose,” for which, at age 87, he drove a team of horses and was honored with the Wrangler Award from the
National Cowboy Hall of Fame; and this year’s “Wishing Well.” He had a recurring role on “The Commish” and
guest starred in numerous series, including “JAG,” “Early Edition,” “Walker, Texas Ranger,” “Little House on the
Prairie,” “Touched By An Angel,” “7th Heaven,” “Family Law” and “The District.” He even appeared in the first
“Center Square” in the “Hollywood Squares” when the game show premiered in 1965.
Borgnine served on Screen Actors Guild’s Board of Directors from April to November 1962 and again from
November 1974 to November 1977.
Borgnine has received Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Columbia College Hollywood, Albertus
Magnus College in New Haven, Lakeland College in Mikwaukee and the University of Northern Alabama. Still
deeply connected to his Navy years, he maintains contacts with old shipmates from his destroyer days. He was
recognized for his support of the Navy Memorial Fund with the Lone Sailor award from the Navy Memorial
Foundation and was named an Honorary Chief Petty Officer by the Navy Chiefs. Some 20 years ago, he acquired
another Naval title: Honorary Flight Leader for the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Team: The Blue Angels. In 2000,
the Veterans Foundation elected him Veteran of the Year. As he celebrated his 90th birthday, he was honored
with the California Commendation Medal for his support of the military by the Commanding Officer of the
California National Guard. In 2009, he participated in a special tribute to the Navy at the National Memorial Day
Parade presented by the American Veterans Center in Washington, D.C.
In 1985, Borgnine received the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s Golden Boot Award for his work in film and
television Westerns. In 1990, he was named Honorary Mayor of Universal City, where “McHale’s Navy” was
filmed. In 1997, the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival honored him with the King Vidor Memorial Award.
The National Film Theatre of Great Britain honored him in May 2001 for a lifetime of artistic achievement. In 2009,
he received a special tribute at the Almería, Spain International Film Festival and a Lifetime Achievement Award
from the Rhode Island International Film Festival, which screened his then-latest feature “Another Harvest Moon,”
in which he starred opposite Piper Laurie, Anne Meara and Doris Roberts. The same year at the ICG 47 th Annual
Publicists Awards, he was honored with a Special Award of Merit.
In 2002, Borgnine received a lifetime achievement award from his mother’s birthplace, Carpi, Italy. In honor of his
Italian parentage, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. For a quarter century, he marched as the Grand
Clown in “The Great Circus Parade” in Milwaukee. A Freemason for 60 years, he is proud to have been honored
with the 33rd Degree of the Masonic Order of the Grand Cross. He was honorary chair of the Scottish Rite
RiteCare Program, which sponsors 175 childhood language disorders clinics, centers and programs nationwide,
and narrated “On the Wings of Words,” a film about the RiteCare Program.
Borgnine’s 2008 autobiography, “Ernie” was a “New York Times” bestseller. He lives in Beverly Hills with his wife
of 37 years, Tova, QVC’s on camera spokesperson for Tova cosmetics,
Rizzoli & Isles Star Angie Harmon
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Angie Harmon, star of TNT’s top-rated hit series Rizzoli & Isles, will take on an entirely new role when she
serves as social media host for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, airing live on TNT and TBS
Sunday, Jan. 30. Through posts on Twitter and Facebook posts, Harmon will serve as the online face for the
awards, giving viewers unprecedented access to behind-the-scenes moments from the red carpet and during the
show.
Beginning with the SAG Awards nominations announcement on Dec. 16 and throughout the weeks leading to the
SAG Awards® ceremony, Harmon will be posting inside information about presenters, fashion, preparing for the
big night and more. Harmon’s social media messages will go out simultaneously via TNT, TBS, SAG and
PEOPLE Magazine Twitter and Facebook outlets. Harmon’s SAG Awards history includes four consecutive
Actor® nominations as a member of the “Law & Order” ensemble from 1999 to 2002.
Of the top industry honors presented to performers, only the Screen Actors Guild Awards are voted on solely by
actors’ peers. The SAG Awards was the first televised awards show created by a union to honor the work of
actors and the first to present ensemble and cast awards. The SAG Awards nominees are chosen by separate
film and television nominating committees, each consisting of 2,100 SAG members from around the country,
randomly selected anew each year.
The simulcast of the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be presented live in all time zones, allowing
viewers on the West Coast to see the event live for the first time. TNT and TBS’s live simulcast of the ceremony
will take place Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT), West Coast
viewers who prefer to watch in primetime will be able to catch the encore presentation on TNT at 7 p.m. (PT) / 10
p.m. (ET).
The SAG Awards® Nominating and Voting Process
The nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in television and motion
pictures during 2010 were chosen by two randomly selected panels, each comprised of 2,100 SAG members
from across the United States. Nomination ballots were mailed on Nov. 24, 2010 and were returned by the
deadline of Dec. 13 directly to Integrity Voting Systems, the SAG Awards® official elections teller. Rosario Dawson
and Angie Harmon, who were introduced by SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams, announced
nominations Thursday, Dec. 16 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Williams and SAG Awards
Committee Vice Chair Daryl Anderson announced the stunt ensemble nominees. The announcement at 6:00 a.m.
(PT) was telecast live on TNT and webcast live on tnt.tv and tbs.com
This year’s ceremonies will be simulcast live coast-to-coast on TNT and TBS from the Los Angeles Shrine
Exposition Center on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT).
Voting information will be mailed via postcard on Dec. 30 to the entire active membership of the Guild, who will
vote on all categories. In keeping with the SAG Awards commitment to sustainable practices, paper ballots will be
available only upon request. Online votes or paper ballots must reach Integrity Voting Systems by Friday, Jan. 28,
where results will be sealed.
Screen Actors Guild will not know how many Actor® statuettes it will need until the awards presenters open the
envelopes on Jan. 30. Though the number of categories and special awards is known ahead of time, the
possibility of multiple recipients sharing awards in the Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Motion Picture,
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a
Comedy Series categories makes the total number of statuettes that will be awarded unpredictable. Any surplus
Actor statuettes will find a home in the Guild’s vault until next year.
The Actor Statuette
Each statuette carries a serial number engraved at its base. Numbering began with No. 1. The first statuette cast
is on display at Screen Actors Guild headquarters in Los Angeles, and 660 statuettes have been awarded since
the first Actors were presented in 1995. The Actor weighs 12 pounds and stands 16 inches tall. Each Actor is
cast in solid bronze, using the lost wax process. The statuette has a green-black patina and stands on a base of
polished black granite. The Actor is the work of a team of fine arts professionals. It was sculpted by Edward
Saenz and designed by Jim Heimann and Jim Barrett. The statuette is cast at the American Fine Arts Foundry
under the supervision of Brett Barney.
Five 10-foot, 200-pound likenesses of the coveted Actor statuette grace the SAG Awards’ red carpet and stage.
The painted fiberglass statues were constructed by Scenario Design in Los Angeles under the supervision of
Scenario Design President Paul Buckley and Scenic and Sculpting Department Head Daniel Lucas.
Screen Actors Guild Awards® Nomenclature
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When referring to the awards, ceremony or statuette, the following terminology and trademarks should be used:
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
Screen Actors Guild Awards®
The Actor®
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Acceptable nicknames:
17th Annual SAG Awards®
SAG Awards®
The Actors®
SAG Awards VIP Ticket Package, Autographed Celebrity Collectibles, Unique Packages,
Red Carpet Fan Bleacher Seats, Set Visits and Astounding Experiences Auctioned to
the Public at www.sagawards.org/auction to Benefit the SAG Foundation
The Screen Actors Guild Awards® kicked off its three online auctions to benefit the SAG Foundation at
www.sagawards.org/auction on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, with a Holiday Auction, which included VIP Tickets to the
SAG Awards and Gala. Next up, the Red Carpet Bleacher Seat auction from Jan. 3-10, 2011 will offer fans the
opportunity to cheer the 17th Annual SAG Awards® nominees and presenters as they make their way down the
red carpet. The Ceremony Auction that launches Jan. 27-31, will feature one-of-a kind experiences and
memorabilia donated by nominees and their films and television programs, sponsors and credentialed media.
The annual online SAG Awards Auctions benefits the SAG Foundation to help make possible programs providing
emergency relief to SAG members in economic distress, video and audio preservation of the creative legacy of
SAG members, scholarships for performers and their children, emergency funds for members with catastrophic
illnesses, The Actor’s Center and the Foundation's public children's literacy programs: BookPALS (Performing
Artists for Literacy in Schools) that reaches more than 100,000 children per week nationwide and Storyline
Online. Details are available at www.sagfoundation.org and www.bookpals.net.
The Holiday Auction, which ran through Dec. 17, 2010, featured a VIP Package consisting of two tickets for this
year’s Actors® Ceremony and Gala, a backstage tour, two United Airline tickets, a three-night stay at the elegant
Montage Beverly Hills and limo transportation to the SAG Awards from EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured
Services. Other items included a luxury gift basket from L’Oreal Paris; dinner for eight at The Capital Grille; Los
Angeles Lakers tickets; Los Angeles Dodgers tickets; TV Guide Network’s “Red Carpet Makeover;” champagne
from Champagne Taittinger’s Rauschenberg Collection, “The Most Fabulous Jewels in the Worlds: Graff” coffee
table book; Thale´ Blanc’s La Pochette mobile device holder; visits to a “Chelsea Lately” taping at E! and a “Mark
and Brian” radiocast at KLOS; a four-hour private concert by The Fullspectrum Band; voice over lessons with
Error! Contact not defined. and Paul Pape; sunglasses from Marchon Eyewear, Inc.; one-month at Operation
Bootcamp and a custom skateboard from Long Beach Skate.
Autographed memorabilia included posters signed by “The Social Network” cast including Justin Timberlake,
Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield; “The Kids Are All Right” cast including Annette Bening and Julianne
Moore; Diane Lane from “Secretariat;” “Country Strong’s” Gwyneth Paltrow; Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Amy
Adams of “The Fighter,” the “Parenthood” cast; a script signed by “The “Mad Men” cast including Jon Hamm; a
“House” autographed DVD and many more collectibles with signatures from Kirsten Dunst, Robert Duvall, Ray
Romano, Sissy Spacek, Mira Sorvino, and Betty White among others..
Fans who love to see their favorite stars up close will have the chance from Jan. 3-10 to win spots in the SAG
Awards fan stands in the Red Carpet Bleacher Seat Auction. Up for bid are 15 sets of two seats and 15 sets of
four seats. Winners will be able to take pictures and ask for autographs from the arriving celebrities.
The third and final auction, the Ceremony Auction that revolves around the nominated actors and ensembles, will
start Jan. 27 and close on Jan. 31, 2010. In previous years the auction has included autographed scripts and
posters, wardrobe memorabilia, props and set visits to studios. This auction will also offer great items from the
hot, up-to-the minute entertainment news outlets. Set vists to E! News, Entertainment Tonight and Extra have
been big sellers. Also up for bid will be SAG Awards memorabilia including tote bags, hats and this year’s
production team gift. Additional auction items will be announced throughout January.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards auction to benefit the SAG Foundation is managed by Clothes Off Our Back and
Screen Actors Guild Awards.
PEOPLE and Entertainment Industry Foundation to
Celebrate Actors’ Goodwill at SAG Awards® Gala
Co-Hosts Make Donation to SAG Foundation for the 15th Consecutive Year
PEOPLE and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) will co-host the official SAG Awards® Gala, held
immediately following the 17h Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 on the back lot of
the Shrine Exposition Center. Tony Schubert of Los Angeles-based Event Eleven will design and produce the
Gala for the second consecutive year.
The SAG Awards Gala has been a cornerstone of the PEOPLE/EIF/SAG relationship for the past 15 years. On
this special night, the three organizations come together to salute the charitable efforts of actors in their
communities and to make an annual donation to the SAG Foundation. This year’s $100,000 gift from PEOPLE
and EIF will support the SAG Foundation’s scholarships and emergency assistance to SAG members, and
children’s literacy programs around the nation.
“We’re proud to support the SAG Foundation and to celebrate the Awards at this very special event,” said Larry
Hackett, managing editor, PEOPLE. “It’s our way of thanking television and film performers for another great
year.”
Actors play a crucial role in EIF’s extensive impact. “We are moved by the enduring generosity of so many caring
performers and the direct impact their involvement has on our community,” says EIF President and CEO Lisa
Paulsen. “EIF also celebrates the ongoing public-awareness support of our partner PEOPLE, and congratulates
the SAG Foundation on more than a quarter-century of community assistance.”
PEOPLE and EIF have partnered on a variety of causes for more than a decade. Together, they have reached
hundreds of millions of people with critical health, education and prevention messages
About EIF: As a philanthropic leader of the entertainment industry, the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF)
has raised broad public awareness and hundreds of millions of dollars to support charitable efforts addressing
critical health, education and social issues. EIF is a founding partner in Stand Up To Cancer, created to raise
funds to accelerate groundbreaking research and bring new cancer therapies to patients more quickly. The
celebrity-studded campaign has raised more than $180 million in pledges and featured two historic multi-network
commercial-free telecasts aired in over 170 countries. Additional EIF commitments include the EIF Revlon
Run/Walk For Women, the iParticipate volunteer initiative, and the Hope For Haiti Now telethon. For more
information visit www.eifoundation.org.
About PEOPLE: PEOPLE revolutionized personality journalism in 1974 and is today the world’s most successful
and popular magazine. Each week, PEOPLE brings more than 43 million consumers the latest news, exclusive
interviews and in-depth reporting on the most compelling people of our time. In addition to unparalleled access to
the entertainment community, the stories of real-life “Heroes Among Us” remain an essential component of
PEOPLE’s editorial approach. PEOPLE.com is the premier web destination for celebrity news, photos, style and
entertainment coverage. For more information visit www.people.com.
The House of Graff to Sponsor the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild
Awards® Green Room in Support of the SAG Foundation
LOS ANGELES (Dec. X, 2010) - The House of Graff, famous for the most fabulous jewels in the world,
will sponsor the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Green Room to honor the charitable work of actors
and of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, SAG Awards Committee Chair and SAG Foundation President
JoBeth Williams announced today.
“Just as the Graff name symbolizes rarity, beauty, excellence, and above all the best quality and
craftsmanship in diamonds and precious gems, The Actor® statuette symbolizes achieving the highest levels of
excellence in the art of acting” said Henri Barguirdjian, President and Chief Executive Officer of Graff Holdings
Incorporated. “As a company we are committed to philanthropic and humanitarian causes. We are pleased by this
opportunity to celebrate both the marvelous work of the SAG Foundation and the finest performances of the year.”
“We thank The House of Graff for their generous support of the SAG Foundation and welcome them to
the SAG Awards,” said Williams.
Recipients of the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be announced at ceremonies on Sunday,
Jan. 30, 2011, simulcast live from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. (ET)/5
p.m. (PT).
The SAG Awards Green Room offers an elegant, comfortable retreat in which SAG Awards presenters
can await their moment on stage and privately review their awards ceremony scripts away from the activity of the
SAG Awards showroom. Small displays of Graff’s gorgeous works of art in gemstones will highlight this year’s
Green Room décor.
Graff is of the world's leading diamond companies, involved in every stage of the jewelry making process,
from mining and polishing to the magnificent hand finished pieces. With stores around the world, from the
headquarters in London to the newest store in Shanghai, Graff jewelry is exceptional; the quality, the style and the
workmanship are unsurpassed. A world leader in the diamond industry, founder and company chairman
Laurence Graff has sent an unsurpassed standard of excellence and innovation in the world of high jewelry. It
has been said that more important gem quality diamonds have passed through his hands than any other
Diamantaire. For more information visit www.graffdiamonds.com.
The SAG Foundation provides emergency relief to members in economic distress, video and audio
preservation of the creative legacy of SAG members, scholarships for performers and their children and
emergency funds for members with catastrophic illnesses. The SAG Foundation operates The Actor's Center and
the Foundation's public children's literacy programs: BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools) and
Storyline Online. For details, visit www.sagfoundation.org and www.bookpals.net.
By the Numbers
To create a dramatic arrivals area, impressive set and intimate dinner setting for the world’s leading actors who
are gathering on Sunday, Jan. 30 at the Shrine Exposition Center, the SAG Awards® will…
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Lay 15,872 square feet of red carpet in the arrivals area, edged by 585 lineal feet of hedges
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Accommodate 300 fans in three-row six-foot high bleachers placed along an 180’ section of the red
carpet arrivals area
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In the event of rain, protect the red carpet from the elements by 23,530 square feet of tenting
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Lay 11,800 square feet of black carpet in the interior Shrine entrance and the showroom.
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Cover the showroom walls with 15,000 square feet of black drape to create a neutral background and
block sunlight.
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Drape the interior Shrine entrance with 5,500 feet black celtic cloth accented with 3" gold satin ribbon
arch details
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Post five 10’ Actor® statues along the red carpet and onstage.
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On the stage, install.600 feet of vertical gold leaf pipe connecting two monumental 16-foot high doorways,
each enclosing a pair of eight-paneled lacquered doors. Each doorway is capped by 10-foot fiberglass
staff detail, which is repeated at the base. The doorways are surrounded by 100 feet of over-scaled
custom-cut case moldings, which are repeated downstage with another 75 feet of custom molding to
create a proscenium arch.
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Float a 20’ wide “silver screen” framed by 100 feet of custom crown molding in front of 200 running feet of
30’ high fiber-optic star cloth.
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Line the stage floor with 300 4’x4’ sheets of black and white checkerboard Formica.
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Above the stage hang a 5-foot crystal empire chandelier that will be echoed by four chandeliers hung
from the Expo Hall’s ornate ceiling.
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Place over 3,600 Gold Rim champagne, wine and water glasses, 2,400 pieces Empire Gold flatware and
1,200 Alpine Gold Rim Charger plates, on 86 rectangular dinner tables and over 2,000 glasses at two 16’
beverage bars and two wine tasting bar.
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Create custom table coverings from 800 yards of black silk with 800 yds of half inch wide gold satin
ribbon as a top stitched detail, complemented by 1,200 white linen hem-stitched napkins
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Soften 1200 Bella Braid Gold Chameleon chairs with 1200 black suede seat cushions
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Create a stunning visual setting through the use of florals. This year’s inspiration is a slightly edgy return
to classic Hollywood, fashioned with over 2,500 white roses highlighted by the textures of over a
thousand orchids and accentuated with hundreds of white hydrangeas and over a thousand white lilies.
The return to the “golden days” is dramatically underscored by the addition of gold-tinted leaves as well
as hundreds of bunches of horsetail, galax leaves and zebra leaves. The arrangements will be designed
in classic golden fabric covered containers in two distinct styles: one a return to quintessential Hollywood
with a full floral look and one with a contemporary spin.
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Guests will dine on an antipasto plate conceived by James Beard Award-winning chef Suzanne Goin,
deliciously prepared and artfully arranged by Lucques Catering, consisting of:
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Blood Oranges with Dates, Arugula and Parmesan
Beluga Lentils with Carrots, Pinenuts and Feta
Slow-Roasted King Salmon with Cucumbers, Yogurt and Ginger-Mint Chutney
Slow-Roasted Lamb with Chickpeas, Black Olives and Feta Salsa Verde
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Fresh Baked Herbed Crostini with Parmesan, Chopped Thyme and Parsley
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To prepare this menu, Lucques order for the SAG Awards® from their select group of purveyors includes:
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Butter
8 cups
Capers
4 cups
Cheese, feta
8 lbs
Chickpea purée
24 gallons
Cilantro
65 bunches
Cumin
2 cups
Dates
1,900
Fleur de sel
5 cups
Garlic
7 heads
Ginger
3 cups
Honey
1 cup
Jalapenos
75
Lamb, Colorado
140 lbs
Lemon
175
Mint
25 bunches
Olive oil
12 gallons
Oregano
11.5 tb
Parmesan
150 lbs
Parsley
175 bunches
Persian cucumbers 62
Pinenuts
75 cups
Salmon
120 lbs
Salt, kosher
4 cups
Shallots
400
Sherry vinegar
1.2 gallons
Tarragon
3 cups
Thyme
5 cups
Yogurt
2 gallons
Yogurt, Greek
2 gallons
Provvista
Michael Phung
L.A. Specialty
Provvista
Tamai Farms
Provvista
Devall
Forever Cheese
Schaner Farms
Pacific Exotic Mushrooms
Energy Bee Farm
Pacific Exotic Mushrooms
Premier Meat Co.
Schaner Farms
Tamai Farms
Provvista
Coleman Farms
Forever Cheese
Rutiz Farms
Beylik Farms
Pacific Exotic Mushrooms
Ocean Jewels
Sysco
Schaner Farms
Provvista
Pacific Exotic Mushrooms
Rutiz Farms
Pacific Exotic Mushrooms
Pacific Exotic Mushrooms
Some interesting facts from Lucques Catering Director Jessica Goin about the purveyors chosen by Chef
Suzanne Goin:
Provvista (www.provvista.com) is a great specialty food company started by Joe Guth, a close friend who cooked
with Suzanne at Chez Panisse!
Barbara and Bill Spencer own Windrose Farm (www.windrosefarm.org), a small family farm. They’re really
amazing people who grow incredible chilies, heirloom apples, tomatoes, beans, etc. They even came to
Suzanne’s wedding.
Another great family farm is Rutiz Farms (www.rutizfarms.com), owned by Jerry Rutiz. Suzanne describes his
carrots in her cookbook, “This exotic spiced snapper dish evolved from the most mundane ingredient in the mix:
the everyday carrot. But the carrots that inspired it, grown by local farmer Jerry Rutiz, are by no means ordinary.
His funky-shaped, dirt-encrusted carrots are the sweetest and most delicious of any I’ve tasted.”
Alex Weiser, of Weiser Farms (www.weiserfamilyfarms.com) is another favorite. He grows the most beautiful
romanesco (like cauliflower but fractals) that we’ve ever seen.
Bill Coleman farms Coleman Farms with his (I think) SIX grown children. Romeo Coleman is so handsome we call
him the Antonio Banderas of Carpinteria (but not to his face because he’s very shy.)
Schaner Farms – Peter Schaner is probably one of our favorite people in all the world (and I think he beats Bill
Coleman by two kids!). We even held his brother’s wedding at Lucques. We get our suckling pigs from another
brother. Peter has incredible citrus, avocados, pomegranates, child raising tips….
Ocean Jewels is owned by Julie Harman, who we call what else – Ocean Julie. She does amazing work finding
great sustainably fished product, it seems like she and Suzanne drive themselves crazy hunting for the most
delicious fish that has the smallest impact on the environment. (i.e. are you better off with a local fish that isn’t
fished as sustainably or a fish that is more sustainable but has to be flown in?)
Flora Bella Farm (www.florabellafarm.com) is owned by James Birch. Here’s how Suzanne described him in her
cookbook: “If you leaned against your sink, closed your eyes, and focused on conjuring up the quintessential
organic farmer, James Birch would appear in your kitchen. He looks like a cross between a grizzly bear and an
overgrown Little Prince. And he is, in fact, the king of broccoli.”
Beverages for guests include:
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For the tables: 102 magnums of Dry Creek Vineyard’s exclusive 11th Anniversary SAG Awards® Cabernetbased 2008 Cuvée and 204 bottles of Dry Creek Vineyard’s 2009 Dry Creek Valley Sauvignon Blanc.
Dry Creek Vineyard’s wine-tasting bars will offer a selection that includes the 2008 Foggy Oaks Chardonnay
from the Russian River Valley and the 2007 Sonoma County Heritage Zinfandel. A total of 192 bottles will be
available for tasting.
234 magnums of Champagne Taittinger Brut La Française served in the showroom
144 magnums of Champagne Taittinger Brut La Française served in at the post-Awards gala
1548 glass decanters of Voss sparkling and still water served in the showroom
Another 6,720 unbreakable third-liters of Voss still water for our more than 700 media and 300 fans in the
bleachers
At the showroom and gala bars: 108 bottles of Grey Goose Original Vodka and 7 bottles each of Grey Goose
La Poire, Grey Goose L’Orange and Grey Goose Le Citron
Sources:
John Shaffner & Joe Stewart, SAG Awards Production Designers
Keaton Walker, SAG Awards Art Director
Mickey Moscynski, SAG Awards Arrivals Art Director
Keith Greco, Keith Greco Designs, SAG Awards Art Director
Andrea Wyn Schall, A Wynning Event, SAG Awards Event Supervisor
Chris Matsumoto, CJ Matsumoto & Sons, Florist
Suzanne Goin, Chef & Jessica Goin, Catering Director, Lucques Catering
Sabrina Keraudren, Brand Manager, Kobrand Corporation
Kim Stare Wallace, Dry Creek Vineyard Owner
Chris Carr SAG Awards Production Manager
The 17h Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011,
at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT), 5 p.m. (PT), with a encore telecast following immediately on TNT.
SAG Background
From the clandestine meetings of a brave group of character actors in 1933, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has
grown into the nation’s largest labor union for working actors, representing more than 125,000 members
throughout the United States. With 20 Branches nationwide, SAG members work in film, television, industrials,
commercials, video games, music videos, Internet and all new media formats as actors, stunt performers, singers,
dancers, puppeteers and voice actors.
SAG proudly celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2008. The Guild holds a rich place in the history of the American
labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for
artists’ rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st century. Today, SAG
exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on
behalf of artists’ rights.
Ken Howard is the current SAG president. Past presidents of the Guild have included some of the most
respected artists in American history. In order of service, they are Ralph Morgan, Eddie Cantor, Robert
Montgomery, Edward Arnold, James Cagney, George Murphy, Ronald Reagan, Walter Pidgeon, Leon Ames,
Howard Keel, George Chandler, Dana Andrews, Charlton Heston, John Gavin, Dennis Weaver, Kathleen Nolan,
William Schallert, Edward Asner, Patty Duke, Barry Gordon, Richard Masur, William Daniels, Melissa Gilbert and
Alan Rosenberg.
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation provides access to scholarships for performers and their children,
emergency relief to members in economic distress, a catastrophic illness fund and a meaningful way for members
to contribute to the literacy of the children in their communities through BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy
in Schools). The Foundation benefits from proceeds of the SAG Awards ®, which honor the outstanding acting
performances of the preceding year.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. More information about the Guild’s
current activities and its prolific history is available online at SAG.org.
Ken Howard
SAG National President
Vowing to build unity and strength, Ken Howard was elected the 25 th president of Screen Actors Guild on Sept.
24, 2009. Howard has been a working member of Screen Actors Guild for 40 years and inherits the mantle of
Robert Montgomery, James Cagney, Charlton Heston and Ronald Reagan in leading the nation’s most highprofile and storied actor’s union at a critical juncture for Screen Actors Guild members and the American labor
movement.
Howard was elected to the Guild presidency by his fellow actors on a platform that called for charting a new
course that makes the union stronger at the bargaining table by being united internally and working in partnership
with other entertainment unions. As a National Board member and national chair of the Guild’s Senior Performers
Committee, Howard worked with board members across the country to help get a TV/Theatrical contract
negotiated and passed in 2009.
An actor’s actor, Howard has earned a formidable list of credits and several awards, including his second Emmy
in 2009 for his role in HBO’s critically acclaimed Grey Gardens, just four days before he won the SAG presidential
election.
Howard made his professional debut on Broadway in 1968 and has since performed in nearly 40 stage
productions, seven of which were on Broadway, and more than 20 feature films. On television, he has starred in
seven series, six miniseries and 16 movies, in addition to making countless guest appearances. He helped
create The White Shadow, a groundbreaking television series in which he starred from 1978-1982. He then went
on to have recurring roles on shows such as Dynasty and Crossing Jordan. The veteran character actor has also
portrayed several U.S. presidents in his career, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham
Lincoln and Warren G. Harding.
Howard spent three years in Cambridge, Mass., (1986-89) teaching at the American Repertory Theatre, Harvard
University and Harvard Law School. He authored the book Act Natural, published by Random House in 2003.
Jeff Margolis
Executive Producer and Director
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
Award-winning producer/director Jeff Margolis brings nearly four decades of experience crafting dynamic event
television to the task of executive-producing and directing the Screen Actors Guild Awards ®. He first took the
helm as executive producer of acting's most glamorous evening 13 years ago with the 5th Annual Screen Actors
Guild Awards. This year marks the fifth consecutive year Margolis is bringing his Emmy® and DGA Award-winning
directing talents to the Guild’s annual awards ceremony.
Margolis has shaped hundreds of the entertainment industry's biggest events, headlined by its top stars, for which
he has received many of the industry’s top honors. He won two Directors Guild of America Awards for directing
the Academy Awards® ceremony, has garnered six Emmy nominations for directing the 1991-1996 Academy
Awards telecasts and won Emmys for directing the 1995 Academy Awards and for producing Sammy Davis Jr.'s
60th Anniversary Celebration.
Margolis, who formed Jeff Margolis Productions (JMP) in 1976, has produced such memorable special telecasts
as the September 11 tribute concert United We Stand; Motown 45; CBS … 50 Years from Television City; The
First Family’s Holiday Gift to America: A Tour of the White House; President Clinton's 50th Birthday Celebration at
Radio City Music Hall; A Gala for the President at Ford's Theater; Quincy Jones…The First 50 Years; An Evening
with Bette, Cher, Meryl, Goldie, & Robin; Celebrate the Dream: Fifty Years of Ebony; Julie and Carol: Together
Again; the 2006 NCLR Alma Awards; The Television Academy Hall of Fame and this past year’s Countdown to
the Oscars 2010, with Margolis serving as executive producer and director for most of these television events.
The JMP team has also produced the NBC musical reality/variety series Fame and the VH1 reality/audition series
In Search of the Partridge Family. Margolis has executive-produced the Los Angeles Music Center’s Spotlight
Awards to honor young performing artists for 10 years and has served on the Spotlight Awards Board of Directors
since 2003.
Margolis' prolific directing career includes 22 American Music Awards ceremonies, eight Academy Awards shows,
three Emmy ceremonies and two Academy of Country Music Awards telecasts; the feature film Richard Pryor Live
in Concert; and numerous television specials and series, including, most recently, the Daytime Emmy Awards
since 2009, the TV Land Awards since 2008 and NBC’s 2008 and 2007 Christmas in Rockefeller Center specials.
Kathy Connell
Producer, 17h Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
Executive Producer, National Programming, Screen Actors Guild
Kathy Connell has produced the Screen Actors Guild Awards® since its inception, serving the first two years
as chair of the SAG Awards® Committee and as one of the producers for Screen Actors Guild. In 1996, she
stepped down from her position on the SAG Board of Directors to become the first full-time producer of the
Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In 2007, Connell was appointed executive producer, national programming for Screen Actors Guild and
currently oversees the SAG Special Projects department and the SAG Conservatory as well as many SAG
initiatives. In 2008 she produced Screen Actors Guild’s yearlong celebration of its 75 th Anniversary, which
kicked off with SAG’s receipt of the Hollywood Historic Trust’s Award of Excellence Star on Hollywood
Boulevard on Oct. 25, 2007. The commemoration of SAG’s Diamond Jubilee continued with a series of
tributes at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 27, 2008, and celebrations in Hollywood, New
York and SAG’s 20 other branches throughout the spring and summer, culminating in a special honor for SAG
at the Hollywood Awards in October 2008. The concurrent “Actors United for 75 Years” Multimedia Campaign
was awarded an International Labor Communications Association Special Performance Award in 2009. An
advocate for the environment Connell has helped SAG and the SAG Awards adopt green practices and for
the second consecutive year saw the SAG Awards honored with the Environmental Media Association’s
Green Seal.
A strong supporter and activist for actors’ rights, Connell served for many years on the Board of Directors of
Screen Actors Guild, finishing her term of service as SAG’s national recording secretary. While an elected
official of the SAG Board, she spearheaded the idea for an awards show in which actors would honor actors
for outstanding performances each year. Connell led the small group of SAG Board members who devised
the entire Awards program – from the categories, rules and design of the award to the sit-down dinner club
ambiance – in 14 months, resulting in the highly successful debut on NBC in 1995 of very first Screen Actors
Guild Awards.
Additionally, in 1998, she co-produced Annie McGreevy’s critically acclaimed The Sheetcake for the American
Film Institute.
A second-generation actor, Connell has performed in film, television commercials and stage for over 25
years. Among her numerous theater credits are the national tour of The Royal Family, with Eva La Gallienne,
and appearances at the Syracuse Stage, the Pennsylvania Stage and off-Broadway.
SAG Awards® Committee Biographies
JoBeth Williams
Chair
JoBeth Williams became a member of the SAG Awards Committee in 2006 and is president of the board of the
SAG Foundation. Williams began her career on the New York stage in plays such as John Guare's Gardenia, with
James Woods and Sam Waterston; Moonchildren; and A Couple of White Chicks. Her most recent stage work
includes The Quality of Life at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, Body Awareness at the Atlantic Theatre
Company in New York and The Night is a Child at the Pasadena Playhouse. Debuting on film in Kramer vs.
Kramer, she went on to star in such films as Poltergeist, The Big Chill, Stir Crazy, American Dreamer, Switch,
Fever Pitch, In the Land of Women and many others. . She recently wrapped production with Steve Martin, Jack
Black, and Owen Wilson in The Big Year. On television, she has starred in two series, John Grisham's The Client
and the comedy Payne. She played Rita Morgan's mother Gail in multiple episodes of Showtime's Dexter and
currently is recurring in a pivotal storyline on ABC's Private Practice as Addison Montgomery's mother Bizzy. She
has done numerous movies for television, including Baby M, My Name is Bill W, Adam, Sybil and, most recently,
Uncorked for Hallmark. Williams has been nominated for three Emmys®, two Golden Globes® and an Oscar®, the
latter for directing the short film On Hope.
Daryl Anderson
Vice Chair
Daryl Anderson is a founding member and current vice chair of the Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee. He
served on the Guild’s national board of directors for 22 years, on its national executive committee for 16 years,
and on two separate occasions as SAG’s third national vice president. He is a former recording secretary of the
Screen Actors Guild Foundation and a sitting trustee of the Screen Actors Guild - Producers Pension & Health
Plans. Best remembered as Animal on the Emmy®, Golden Globe®, Humanitas Prize and Peabody Awardwinning series Lou Grant, he has appeared in such feature films as The Kid and Human Nature; such television
movies as Stranger in My Home and The People Across the Lake; and the miniseries Hollywood Wives. He most
recently appeared in the McBride movies for Hallmark Channel and in The Comeback for HBO. His first audio
book narration, Christian Fry's The Manny Files, has been released by Random House Listening Library.
Scott Bakula
Scott Bakula joined the SAG Awards Committee in 2009. He was elected to Screen Actors Guild’s Board of
Directors in 2008 and serves as an alternate to SAG’s National Executive Committee. Born in St. Louis, Bakula
began his career on the stage in New York in 1976. He made his Broadway debut in 1983, starring as Joe
DiMaggio in Marilyn: An American Fable. In 1988, he was honored with a Tony nomination for his starring role in
the Broadway musical Romance/Romance. Last summer he returned to the stage as Nathan Detroit in a limited
run of the musical Guys and Dolls at Hollywood Bowl, and last fall he starred on screen as Agent Brian Shepard
opposite Matt Damon in Steven Soderbergh’s dark comedy The Informant. He currently stars in the new TNT
series Men of a Certain Age, with Ray Romano and Andre Braugher. He previously starred as Captain Jonathan
Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise and was honored with a Golden Globe and four Emmy nominations for his
portrayal of time traveler Sam Beckett on the innovative series Quantum Leap. He starred in and executiveproduced the telefilms What Girls Learn, Papa’s Angels and The Bachelor’s Baby, among many longform credits.
His broad range of feature films include 1999’s Oscar-winning Best Picture American Beauty; Irwin Winkler’s Life
as a House; the football comedy Necessary Roughness; and his film debut, Carl Reiner’s Sibling Rivalry. He was
also heard as the voice of Danny the cat in the animated musical Cats Don’t Dance. Bakula’s recent stage
engagements include Dancing in the Dark at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater, Jane Anderson’s Quality of Life at
the Geffen Playhouse, No Strings at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse and the Tony-winning musical Shenandoah at the
Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.
Shelley Fabares
Shelley Fabares joined the Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee in 2003. She has served as a member of the
Screen Actors Guild national board of directors, as the national co-chair of the Honors and Tributes Committee
and as a member of the SAG Foundation board. She began her acting career at age 3 and appeared in many of
the live telecasts of the 1950s, including NBC's Matinee Theater; the musical version of Our Town, starring Frank
Sinatra, Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint; and the first ever bi-coastal live television special, hosted by Sinatra
on the west coast and Ella Fitzgerald on the east coast. A two-time Emmy nominee for the long-running ABC
series Coach, she starred in such telefilms as Brian’s Song and Memorial Day and six series, including One Day
at a Time, Forever Fernwood and The Donna Reed Show. As a teenager, she had two Top 40 hits, including the
#1 record "Johnny Angel" in 1962. She has served as a spokesperson and on the national board of directors of
the Alzheimer’s Association for the past 18 years.
Paul Napier
Paul was recently honored with SAG’s prestigious Ralph Morgan Award, the highest recognition by Screen Actors
Guild for outstanding service to the Hollywood membership, an honor he shared with co-recipient, the late Gloria
Stuart. A founding member of the Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee, he has served from 1993 to 1995 and
1998 to the present. He was a member of the SAG national board from 1979 to 2002, in which he twice served as
a vice president, and from 2004 to 2008. He has continued serving on both the national and local boards of
AFTRA since 1982. He began his career nearly 60 years ago as the announcer for the then-new Rochester
Americans professional hockey team and then became a sportscaster and play-by-play announcer at Rochester
radio stations. Paul's move to Los Angeles in 1964 led to numerous film and television credits including the
original cast of Dynasty. Among his over 400 TV commercials was creation of General Motors' Mr. Goodwrench
character. He has retained his love of sports by serving as a Pop Warner and high school football coach for 43
seasons, currently as coach at Windward Prep. He and his wife Marie have been married for 53 years. They have
3 sons and 3 grandsons.
Behind-the-Scenes Efforts of a Loyal Team
Make SAG Awards® Seamless
When the guests arrive and viewers tune-in to the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® on Sunday, Jan 30,
the festivities at the Shrine Exposition Center will look effortless and seamless. But behind the glamour and
excitement is the hard work of dozens of dedicated professionals in multiple disciplines, most of whom return
annually.
This year marks the 13th consecutive year Jeff Margolis Productions has produced the SAG Awards ® in
association with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC. Jeff Margolis first took the helm as executive producer of
acting’s most glamorous evening with the 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. This year’s 17th Annual SAG
Awards also marks the fourth consecutive year Margolis is bringing his Emmy® and DGA Award-winning directing
talents to the Guild’s annual awards ceremony.
Kathy Connell will produce the Screen Actors Guild Awards for the 17th consecutive year (the first two were as a
producer for SAG). Connell is also Screen Actors Guild’s executive producer for national programming and in
2007-2008 produced the Guild’s year-long award-winning celebration of its 75th Anniversary.
The Awards Committee for Screen Actors Guild – chair JoBeth Williams, vice-chair Daryl Anderson, newest
committee member Scott Bakula and veterans Shelley Fabares and Paul Napier – advise at all stages leading
up to the production.
“Each year we look forward to the SAG Awards as a reunion of creative colleagues and an opportunity for fresh
collaboration,” shares Margolis. “We take great pride in designing a memorable evening for both the community
of actors at the Awards ceremony and for our audience at home which has grown consistently year after year.”
The Shrine complex is Los Angeles landmark built in 1920 in Spanish Colonial Revival style with Moorish
detailing. It’s grandiose and beautiful on the outside, but the inner space of the Shrine’s Exposition Center, with
its 34,000 square foot wooden floor, paint-trimmed overhangs and bare columns, has to be redefined for each
event. Just to create a neutral backdrop from which the show’s designers can begin their transformation, it takes
some 15,000 square feet of black drape to cover the showroom walls and block sunlight and another 11,800
square feet of black carpet to cover the showroom floor and seating risers
Production designers John Shaffner & Joe Stewart, who together share 30 Emmy nominations, an Art Directors
Guild Award for the 2006 Emmy Awards, plus four Art Directors Guild nominations and five Emmys (including
their 2005 kudo for The George Lopez Show), ”), will be designing their eighth new set for the SAG Awards. They
recently designed the set for Conan O’Brien’s new late-night show on TBS, “Conan.” Shaffner is the chair of the
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Board of Governors, while Stewart serves as chair of the Academy’s
Governor’s Ball committee and Sculpture committee.
Their elegant new set, reminiscent of a grand lobby will provide an opulent backdrop against which the ceremony
will unfold. The most distinguishing features are a pair of monumental lacquered doors, each framed by oversized
moulding with roccco staff detail, which will lead to the wings on either side of the stage. Gold-leafed vertical pipes
will line the perimeter of the stage, rising up from a black and white check lacquered floor, while in the center will
float a gold-leafed ornately-framed screen on which the nominated performances and tributes that are at the heart
of the event will be showcased. A custom-made crystal chandelier will punctuate the stage lighting, echoed in
multiple overhead crystal fixtures throughout the showroom.
“We take something that looks essentially like a basketball court on the inside and turn it into an elegant setting
with dining and stage appropriate for an honors telecast,” says producer Kathy Connell. “The show comes
together relatively quickly during the final days because we know each other so well and can speak in shorthand.”
In a business where consistency is a precious commodity, the SAG Awards team of talented producers and
artists is marked by longevity. Supervising producers Gloria Fujita O’Brien and Mick McCullough of Jeff
Margolis Productions are returning for their 13th consecutive year.
Peabody Award winner Stephen Pouliot will be writing his his 13th SAG Awards script. In addition to the SAG
Awards, has collaborated with Jeff Margolis on numerous specials, including “CBS: 50 Years from Television
City,” and “A Gala for the President at Ford’s Theatre.” Other specials he has written include “The 9/11 Concert
for New York City”, the Academy Awards® and the Opening Ceremonies for the International Special Olympic
Games in Shanghai.
Also returning is the SAG Awards’ executive in charge of production since 1999, Benn Fleishman. He is a threetime Emmy® nominee for the HBO specials “Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong” (2010), “Ricky Gervais: Out of
England” (2009) and “Bill Maher: The Decider” (2008). In the interim between the 16th and 17th Screen Actors
Guild Awards he served as production executive on “Countdown to the Oscars 2010,“ his seventh “Creative Arts
Emmy Awards”, the “NewNowNext Awards on Logo” and the HBO specials “Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 –
The Stand Up Special ” and “Tracy Morgan – Black and Blue.”
Returning for his eighth year is lighting designer Jeffrey Engel, an Emmy-winner and 22-time Emmy nominee for
such projects as the 63rd and 64th Academy Awards, both directed by Margolis.
Composer and conductor Lenny Stack, an Emmy-winner for music arranging for the Screen Actors Guild 50th
Anniversary Special and composer of the current SAG Awards theme, is returning for his 13th Screen Actors Guild
Awards. Stack has also been musical director for the Golden Globe® ceremony since 1994.
Maggie Barrett Caulfield, executive in charge of talent since 2001, returns for her 11 th SAG Awards. Rosalind
Jarrett, executive in charge of publicity, returns for her 12th SAG Awards. A 2009 nominee for the ICG Publicists
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement, she was previously honored with the Publicists Guild’s Maxwell
Weinberg Showmanship Award. Returning for his 13th SAG Awards is awards coordinating producer Jon
Brockett.
Filmmaker Douglass M. Stewart Jr. will produce the film tribute saluting the accomplishments of SAG Life
Achievement Award honoree Ernest Borgnine. A veteran of 28 Oscar® telecasts and 13 Emmy shows, eight-time
Emmy nominee Stewart returns for his seventh SAG Awards telecast.
Paul Fagen will produce the SAG Awards “In Memoriam” homage for the fifth consecutive year. Fagen produces
live film events specializing in celebrity tributes and award shows. In the past 20 years,he has honored over 60
major celebrities, most recently Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards. With his company P. Fagen Productions he
also produces tribute reels, trailers, industrial films and documentaries.
Quinn Monahan is producing the SAG Awards annual salute to Guild members for the fourth successive year.
Monahan has created film packages for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences and last year for the TBS comedy special Cheech & Chong Roasted. He is
currently director and co-creator of the Internet series Game Dads. His work will also be featured in this year’s
Miss America broadcast.
Cynthia Kistler has served the SAG Awards as associate producer since 2002 and was production manager
from 1999-2001. In the interim between the 16th and 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards she served as associate
producer on her seventh Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the “NewNowNext Awards on Logo” and the HBO specials
“Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong” and “Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 – The Stand Up Special.”
Returning for his 14th SAG Awards is Keaton S. Walker, who has served as the SAG Awards art director since
1997. Walker is a multiple Emmy and Art Director’s Guild honoree for his work on the Oscars and the Emmys.
Keith Greco returns for the eighth year to design the Award ceremonies’ grand entrance and showroom décor.
Among many recent projects, Greco Décor created design elements for Disney Interactive Studios’ launch and
promotion of the “Tron: Evolution” and “Toy Story 3” video games, designed the premiere event for “Salt” and
designed the “Los Angeles Haunted Hayride” in Griffith Park.
SAG Awards event supervisor Andrea Wyn Schall, a two-time Special Events Gala award nominee and author
of Budget Bash – Simply Fabulous Events on a Budget, returns for the 12th year to coordinate event design and
logistics. She and Greco will again create the Champagne Taittinger toast that opens the SAG Awards Red
Carpet.
The SAG Awards challenges a chef to create a single plate that appeals to both the eye and the palate and as a
televised event requires impeccable service that is efficient and unobtrusive. Lucques Catering under the direction
of James Beard Award-winning chef Suzanne Goin and front-of-the-house expert Caroline Styne, will cater the
SAG Awards for the second consecutive year. Goin, together with award-winning sommelier Styne, owns three of
Los Angeles’ hottest restaurants, Lucques, A.O.C. and Tavern. They share the SAG Awards philosophy of “going
green,” in their choices of food purveyors and culinary practices, while offering the impeccable service that a
televised awards show requires. Goin, author of the award-winning cookbook “Sunday Suppers at Lucques.” is
also partnered her husband, chef David Lentz, in Lentz’s seafood restaurants, “The Hungry Cat,” with locations in
Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. The trio was the driving force behind this year’s highly successful inaugural “LA
Loves Alex’s Lemonade Stand” charity benefit.
Lucques’ menu will be complemented for the 11th year by Champagne Taittinger’s Brut La Française, which is
also served in the Champagne Taittinger Toast that opens the SAG Awards Red Carpet each year, and wines by
Dry Creek Vineyard, including a Cabernet-based SAG Awards Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon, created especially
by Dry Creek’s winemakers to commemorate the 11th Anniversary of Dry Creek Vineyard’s contribution to the
SAG Awards celebration.
Punctuating the dinner table design will be the classic Hollywood-inspired floral arrangements by Christopher
Matsumoto of C.J. Matsumoto & Sons, who is returning for his seventh SAG Awards. C.J. Matsumoto & Sons
was co-named Best Florist by Southern California Meetings and Events Magazine in their 2010 Best of Industry
Awards.
While the showroom is being transformed, rising in the Shrine’s east parking lot is the tent housing the PostAwards Gala hosted by PEOPLE Magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation to honor the charitable
endeavors of SAG members. EIF and PEOPLE have not only thrown the Awards fabulous after-party for the past
15 years, but also made a generous donation to support the good works of the SAG Foundation each year.
In the days leading up to the Awards ceremony, the work can stretch well into the early morning hours for the
show’s production team, partners, independent contractors and volunteers. But that all comes with the territory.
Together they create an evening to remember for SAG Awards nominees, presenters and industry leaders and a
simulcast for TNT and TBS that is widely respected by the industry and a staple of awards season viewing.
The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2010, from the Shrine
Exposition Center in Los Angeles.
Production Credits
Executive Producer ............................................................................. Jeff Margolis
SAG Producer................................................................................. JoBeth Williams
SAG Producer.................................................................................. Daryl Anderson
SAG Producer...................................................................................... Scott Bakula
SAG Producer................................................................................ Shelley Fabares
SAG Producer........................................................................................ Paul Napier
Producer ............................................................................................ Kathy Connell
Supervising Producer .............................................................. Gloria Fujita O’Brien
Supervising Producer ................................................................... Mick McCullough
Director ................................................................................................ Jeff Margolis
Writer .............................................................................................. Stephen Pouliot
Executive in Charge of Production ................................................ Benn Fleishman
Production Designers ................................................ John Shaffner & Joe Stewart
Lighting Designer ................................................................................ Jeffrey Engel
Musical Director .................................................................................... Lenny Stack
Executive in Charge of Talent ........................................... Maggie Barrett Caulfield
Executive in Charge of Publicity ..................................................... Rosalind Jarrett
Awards Coordinating Producer............................................................ Jon Brockett
Film Montage Producer .................................................... Douglass M. Stewart, Jr.
Film Montage Producer ......................................................................... Paul Fagan
Film Montage Producer .................................................................. Quinn Monahan
Associate Producer .......................................................................... Cynthia Kistler
Art Director .................................................................................. Keaton S. Walker
Art Director ........................................................................................... Keith Greco
Awards Event Supervisor .......................................................... Andrea Wyn Schall
Production Staff Biographies Available Upon Request
Contact Rosalind Jarrett at publicity@sagawards.org
Acknowledgements
Screen Actors Guild acknowledges the contribution provided by the following:
American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Directors Guild of America
IATSE
Writers Guild of America
Screen Actors Guild Awards® History
1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Feb. 25, 1995
Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Jodie Foster, Nell
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Martin Landau, Ed Wood
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway
Television Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Raul Julia, The Burning Season
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Joanne Woodward, Breathing
Lessons
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Kathy Baker, Picket Fences
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Jason Alexander, Seinfeld
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Helen Hunt, Mad About You
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: NYPD Blue
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Seinfeld
The inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards aired live on NBC from Stage 12, Universal Studios, on Feb. 25, 1995.
Present that evening were some of the most talented actors in the world, including Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita
Wilson; John Travolta; Jessica Lange; Morgan Freeman; Susan Sarandon; Edward James Olmos; Helen Hunt;
and hundreds more.
These Guild members gathered to salute one another and to be honored by the then 78,000 eligible voting
members of Screen Actors Guild. Hanks, accepting the bronze statuette appropriately named The Actor ®, capped
the evening when he advised “anyone crazy enough to want to (act) in the first place” to “get one of these,” pulling
his guild card from his breast pocket. “I got mine for the pilot of Bosom Buddies. My wife, Rita Wilson, got hers for
playing a cheerleader on The Brady Bunch. We’ve all got our wonderful stories and wonderful memories
connected with our SAG cards,” Hanks said. And so was born the special segment “How I Got My Card,” which
has become a mainstay of the Screen Actors Guild Awards show.
Appropriately enough for an actor's union, the Guild’s awards gala distinguishes between individual and group
achievements. The first broadcast introduced honors for ensemble television cast, with The Actor presented to
the actors of Seinfeld and NYPD Blue. Ann-Margret presented George Burns with the first televised Life
Achievement Award, the Guild’s highest honor.
2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Feb. 24, 1996
Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Ed Harris, Apollo 13
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Kate Winslet, Sense and Sensibility
Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast: Apollo 13
Television Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Gary Sinise, Truman
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Alfre Woodard, The Piano
Lesson
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Anthony Edwards, ER
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Gillian Anderson, The X-Files
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: David Hyde Pierce, Frasier
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Christine Baranski, Cybill
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: ER
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Friends
The 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards aired live on NBC from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on Feb.
24, 1996. The brightest stars from film and television were in attendance, including Jodie Foster, James Earl
Jones, Tom Hanks, Alfre Woodard, Kurt Russell, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Smits and many more.
Enthusiastic response to the prior show's television ensemble categories led to the creation this year of a similar
tribute for motion picture casts.
3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Feb. 22, 1997
Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Geoffrey Rush, Shine
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Frances McDormand, Fargo
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jerry Maguire
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces
Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast: The Birdcage
Television Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Alan Rickman, Rasputin
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Kathy Bates, The Late Shift
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Gillian Anderson, The X-Files
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: John Lithgow, 3rd Rock from the Sun
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seinfeld
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: ER
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Seinfeld
The 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards was held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on Feb. 22,
1997, and telecast for the third consecutive year on NBC. It was a star-studded event attended by the top
performers from film and television. The enthusiasm and involvement of those attending spoke to the growing
importance of and industry interest in this award presentation.
Following the ceremony, the winners, nominees and guests moved onto the stage of the Shrine Theater for a
post-awards gala benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. The event was co-sponsored by PEOPLE
magazine and the Permanent Charities of the Entertainment Industries
4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – March 8, 1998
Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Jack Nicholson, As Good as it Gets
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Helen Hunt, As Good as it Gets
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential, and Gloria
Stuart, Titanic
Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast: The Full Monty
Television Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Gary Sinise, George Wallace
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Alfre Woodard, Miss Evers’
Boys
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Anthony Edwards, ER
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Julianna Margulies, ER
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: John Lithgow, 3rd Rock from the Sun
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seinfeld
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: ER
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Seinfeld
The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards was held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on March 8,
1998, and telecast live nationally for the first time on Turner Network Television (TNT). The evening brought out
some 1,000 motion picture and television performers to honor their own.
For the second consecutive year, the winners, nominees and guests moved onto the stage of the Shrine Theater
for a post-awards gala benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. PEOPLE magazine, The Entertainment
Industry Foundation and Nexxus Products Company sponsored the event
5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – March 7, 1999
Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Robert Duvall, A Civil Action
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Kathy Bates, Primary Colors
Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast: Shakespeare in Love
Television Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Christopher Reeve, Rear
Window
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Angelina Jolie, Gia
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Sam Waterston, Law & Order
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Julianna Margulies, ER
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Michael J. Fox, Spin City
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tracey Ullman, Tracey Takes On
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: ER
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Ally McBeal
The 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on March 7, 1999,
was telecast live nationally on Turner Network Television (TNT). On the guild’s most glamorous evening,
hundreds of motion picture and television stars gathered to celebrate their art and applaud the achievements of
their colleagues, as more than 450 members of the media and 11 million viewers worldwide witnessed the
festivities.
While the 1999 Awards were SAG’s fifth annual, this was also an exciting year of firsts. Ten out of 13 SAG
Awards were presented to first-time winners. Under the new helm of award-winning executive producer Jeff
Margolis, the show’s lively pace and superb production values drew media kudos. New York magazine called it “a
standout” and “so much more fun to watch,” and heralded the Awards as “widely recognized as a predictor of
Oscar glory.”
For the post-awards gala benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, The Shrine Auditorium’s stage was
transformed into a festive lounge scene, with a buffet and dancing to neo-swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
The excitement and congratulations continued, thanks to generosity of three-time hosts PEOPLE magazine
(celebrating its 25th anniversary), The Entertainment Industry Foundation and new host Internet leader Excite.
6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – March 12, 2000
Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Annette Bening, American Beauty
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Angelina Jolie, Girl Interrupted
Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast: American Beauty
Television Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Jack Lemmon, Oprah Winfrey
Presents: Tuesdays With Morrie
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Halle Berry, Introducing
Dorothy Dandridge
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Michael J. Fox, Spin City
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Lisa Kudrow, Friends
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: The Sopranos
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Frasier
The Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center was transformed into a dramatic candlelit dinner venue for the 6th
Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which aired live on TNT on Sunday, March 12, 2000.
A sold-out audience of film and television luminaries gave a standing ovation as Denzel Washington presented
SAG’s 36th Annual Life Achievement Award to Sidney Poitier, whose moving acceptance speech paid tribute to
the actors and filmmakers who shared his groundbreaking artistic journey. Other highlights of the evening
included salutes to the talented actors who earn their living creating memorable characters in commercials and to
TV’s great funny women.
The elegant post-awards gala benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation was again hosted by PEOPLE
magazine and The Entertainment Industry Foundation, joined this year by Cadillac.
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – March 11, 2001
Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Judi Dench, Chocolat
Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast: Traffic
Television Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Brian Dennehy, Arthur Miller’s
Death Of A Salesman
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Vanessa Redgrave, If These
Walls Could Talk 2
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Martin Sheen, The West Wing
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Allison Janney, The West Wing
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Robert Downey, Jr., Ally McBeal
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: The West Wing
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Will & Grace
“Classic Hollywood” was the décor theme and today’s finest actors the focus at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition
Center when the 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards aired live on TNT on Sunday, March 11, 2001. Film and
television’s leading lights rose to their feet as Whoopi Goldberg presented SAG's 37th Annual Life Achievement
Award to Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. In an acceptance speech that was a lovely and moving verbal duet, the
elegant and eloquent couple characterized themselves as artists, workers, image makers and peacemakers,
devoted to elevating by precept and example.
Other highlights of the evening included salutes to the flexible “Actors of a Thousand Faces” and to the union's
versatile character actors. The very popular post-awards gala benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation
overflowed the dramatically decorated tent and was again hosted by PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment
Industry Foundation, joined that year by BALANCE® Bar.
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – March 10, 2002
Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Ian McKellen, The Lord Of The Rings: The
Fellowship Of The Ring
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Helen Mirren, Gosford Park
Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast: Gosford Park
Television Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Ben Kingsley, Anne Frank
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Judy Davis, Life With Judy
Garland: Me and My Shadows
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Martin Sheen, The West Wing
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Allison Janney, The West Wing
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Sean Hayes, Will & Grace
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: The West Wing
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Sex and the City
Film and television’s finest actors were greeted by a luminous new set and contemporary table décor when they
entered the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Hall for the 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremonies,
which aired live on TNT on Sunday, March 10, 2002. Tom Selleck’s presentation of SAG’s 38th Annual Life
Achievement Award to Edward Asner included a retrospective of Asner’s work, as well as reflections by Kate
Asner, Ed Begley Jr., Mike Farrell, Danny Glover and Mary Tyler Moore. Asner’s acceptance speech, like his
formidable acting career, was a marvelous mix of humor and serious emotion.
Another highlight of the evening was a salute to child actors introduced by Dakota Fanning, the youngest
performer ever to receive an individual Actor nomination. The post-awards gala benefiting the Screen Actors
Guild Foundation was again hosted by PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation, joined by
new co-presenter GMC Yukon and, for the second consecutive year, by co-sponsor BALANCE Bar. One
thousand guests danced, dined and mingled in the domed and tented futurist complex constructed just for the
occasion.
9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – March 9, 2003
Motion Picture Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Renée Zellweger, Chicago
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago
For Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: Chicago
Television Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: William H. Macy, Door to
Door
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Stockard Channing, The
Matthew Shepard Story
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Edie Falco, The Sopranos
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Sean Hayes, Will & Grace
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Six Feet Under
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Everybody Loves Raymond
When film and television's leading actors stepped on the red carpet for the 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild
Awards, they were greeted by 10-foot, 200-pound likenesses of the coveted Actor statuettes. Live music
welcomed the 1,000 actors and industry guests inside the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, which had been
transformed into a richly dramatic supper-club setting before a sweeping arched stage for the ceremonies which
aired live on TNT on Sunday, March 9, 2003.
Humor and affection marked Clint Eastwood’s acceptance of SAG’s 39th Annual Life Achievement Award from
Ray Romano, following a filmed tribute featuring Morgan Freeman, Marcia Gay Harden, Sean Penn, Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Meryl Streep. The guild also celebrated the versatility of its members with a special film
montage saluting “Actors Who Sing,” introduced by three-time Actor recipient Megan Mullally, and a filmed
appreciation of “Regional Actors” introduced by previous Actor-nominee Michael Clarke Duncan. For the seventh
consecutive year,
PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) in support of the Screen Actors Guild
Awards presented a donation to the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and, along with first year co-presenting
sponsor, The Mirage Hotel & Casino and third year co-sponsor, Balance Bar, hosted the official Post-Awards
Gala.
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Feb. 22, 2004
Motion Picture Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Curse of the Black Pearl
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Charlize Theron, Monster
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Tim Robbins, Mystic River
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Renée Zellweger, Cold Mountain
For Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King
Television Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Al Pacino, Angels in America
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Meryl Streep, Angels in
America
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Kiefer Sutherland, 24
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Frances Conroy, Six Feet Under
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Tony Shalhoub, Monk
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Six Feet Under
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Sex and the City
More than 1,100 actors and industry notables gathered at the Shrine Exposition Center on Feb. 22, 2004, to
celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Actor ceremonies and the 70th anniversary of Screen Actors Guild. The art
deco movie palaces of the 1930s, when Screen Actors Guild was in its infancy, were the inspiration for a new set
and décor designed to create the evening’s elegant ambiance.
In tribute to the Screen Actors Guild Awards 10th annual ceremony, Sean Hayes introduced “And The Actor Went
To …,” an exuberant look back at a decade of memorable SAG Awards moments. After an homage on film by
Kirk Douglas, Patty Duke, Angela Lansbury and Eva Marie Saint, a graciously eloquent Karl Malden accepted
Screen Actors Guild’s 40th Life Achievement Award from Michael Douglas.
PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) hosted the Screen Actors Guild PostAwards Gala for the eighth consecutive year to honor the philanthropic causes and good works of the members of
Screen Actors Guild. The gala, benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and commemorating PEOPLE’s
30th Anniversary, immediately followed the SAG Awards in a flower-filled tent on the Shrine Exposition Center’s
backlot. Gala guests were treated to a spirited performance by rock sensation Gavin DeGraw, who was
spontaneously introduced by Actor honoree Charlize Theron.
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Feb. 5, 2005
Motion Picture Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Jamie Foxx, Ray
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
For Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: Sideways
Television Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Geoffrey Rush, The Life and
Death of Peter Sellers
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Glenn Close, The Lion in
Winter
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Jerry Orbach, Law & Order
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Jennifer Garner, Alias
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Tony Shalhoub, Monk
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Teri Hatcher, Desperate Housewives
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Desperate Housewives
A who's who of American acting celebrated 2004’s finest performances and the start of the SAG Awards second
decade in ceremonies telecast live on TNT on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2005, from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition
Center. The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards stunning production design paid visual tribute to the film
and television industry. Flowing sheets of water were a reminder that the Actors honor performances conveyed
through a moving image. Design elements in glass, copper and silver were used in the set architecture,
showroom and table décor in homage to the materials from which lenses, lights, cables and film are made.
In one of the evening’s many emotional high points, Mel Gibson and Julie Andrews presented SAG’s 41st Life
Achievement Award to James Garner, following a unique autobiographical short film in which the beloved actor
reflected on the personal and creative journey that brought him to receive SAG’s highest honor. The SAG Awards
tradition of saluting the Guild’s membership took a personal turn as well this year, with filmed profiles of some of
the most accomplished artists among the Guild’s stunt performers, puppeteers, voice actors, background actors,
singers and dancers.
For the ninth consecutive year, PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) celebrated
actors’ work both on and off the screen by hosting the official SAG Awards Gala. The tented back lot of the
Shrine Exposition Center was transformed by walls, ceiling, floors and furniture themed in black-and-white circular
shapes accented by thousands of yellow roses into a playful space reminiscent of magical 1960s film sets, where
with exuberant partygoers rocked on well into the night.
12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Jan. 29, 2006
Motion Picture Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
For Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: Crash
Television Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Paul Newman, Empire Falls
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: S. Epatha Merkerson,
Lackawanna Blues
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Kiefer Sutherland, 24
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Sean Hayes, Will & Grace
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Lost
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Desperate Housewives
The luminaries of film and television celebrated 2005’s finest performances on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, in
ceremonies telecast for the first time simultaneously on two networks, TNT and TBS. The live simulcast from the
Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center brought the Screen Actors Guild Awards its highest ratings ever on TNT.
Just as the Screen Actors Guild Awards celebrates performances conveyed through a moving image, the 12 th
Annual SAG Awards’ production design and décor paid tribute to the cinematic arts. Topped by a projecting
canopy of light, the translucent architectural space of this year’s stage conveyed movement through fountains of
water and changing color. Larger-than-life Actor statues seemed to float above reflecting pools in homage to the
display of statuary in the world’s arts institutions, public spaces and water gardens.
In one of the events most emotional moments, a long and heartfelt standing ovation greeted SAG’s 42 nd Life
Achievement Award recipient Shirley Temple Black, who was presented SAG’s highest honor by Jamie Lee
Curtis, following a filmed tribute introduced by Dakota Fanning. A cinematic salute to SAG members who perform
in commercials, introduced by William Shatner, continued the SAG Awards tradition of spotlighting the Guild’s
diverse acting talent.
For the 10th consecutive year, PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) celebrated
actors’ work both on and off the screen by hosting the official SAG Awards Gala. The tented back lot of the
Shrine Exposition Center was transformed into a chic white ballroom with sleek black detailing, punctuated by
dramatic arrangements of calla lilies and fragrant gardenias, where partygoers, danced, mingled and lingered late
into the evening.
13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Jan. 28, 2007
Motion Picture Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Helen Mirren, The Queen
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
For Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: Little Miss Sunshine
Television Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Jeremy Irons, Elizabeth I
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Helen Mirren, Elizabeth I
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Hugh Laurie, House
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Grey’s Anatomy
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: The Office
Morning drizzle gave way to a sun-kissed Southern California afternoon as film and television’s leading actors
walked down a media-packed red carpet on their way to celebrating 2006’s finest performances on Sunday, Jan.
28, 2007. The live simulcast from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on TNT and TBS brought the Screen
Actors Guild Awards its highest ratings ever on cable. The production design and décor for the 13th Annual
Screen Actors Guild Awards contrasted old world theatricality with the modern mechanics required to capture the
moving image. On stage and in custom-made chandeliers above, hand-draped translucent chiffon created flowing
classic forms over a skeleton of aluminum trusses, such as one would find on a movie set or television studio.
The magic of lighting transformed these humble materials into a glamorous background and created a new mood
and look for each segment of the show.
A warm standing ovation greeted SAG’s 43nd Life Achievement Award recipient Julie Andrews, who was
presented SAG’s highest honor by Dick Van Dyke, following filmed tribute introduced by Anne Hathaway.
Continuing the SAG Awards tradition of spotlighting the Guild’s diverse talent, Kiefer Sutherland introduced a
salute to “Actors Who Are Heard but Not Seen.” For the eleventh consecutive year PEOPLE magazine and the
Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) celebrated actors’ work both on and off the screen by hosting the official
SAG Awards Gala. On the backlot of the Shrine, in a tent with no visible means of support, billows of mocha
fabric punctuated by violet conversation groups and blue Belgian hydrangeas provided a serene background for
meeting, mingling, dining and dancing to a special performance by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter John
Legend.
14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Jan. 27, 2008
Motion Picture Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Julie Christie, Away From Her
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Ruby Dee, American Gangster
For Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: No Country for Old Men
For Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: The Bourne Ultimatum
Television Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Kevin Kline, As You Like It
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Queen Latifah, Life
Support
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Edie Falco, The Sopranos
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: The Sopranos
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: The Office
For Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: 24
The star power was dazzlingly bright on the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet on Sunday,
January 27, 2008, despite darkening clouds and intermittent heavy downpours, as film and television’s leading
actors stopped to be photographed and interviewed by a record turnout of media from around the world under the
protection of translucent tenting leading to the entrance of the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, after Jon
Tenney of TNT’s The Closer opened the red carpet with the SAG Awards’ signature Champagne Taittinger toast.
The weather echoed the stormy state of the film and television industry as the Screen Actors Guild, under the
shelter of an interim agreement with the striking Writers Guild of America, celebrated both 2007’s finest
performances and the 75th anniversary of SAG’s founding on June 30, 1933. Joined by industry luminaries, this
year’s SAG Awards nominees, presenters and their guests traversed a golden hued tunnel punctuated by ivory
and gold mirrored columns to enter a showroom inspired by the Golden Age of the Hollywood Movie Palace seen
thorough a contemporary eye, in homage to the Guild’s Diamond Jubilee. At center stage, against a fiber optic
star backdrop, a platinum-framed ‘silver screen’ displayed the moving images that honored SAG’s past, present
and future. Throughout the evening Blair Underwood introduced filmed tributes which chronicled of the key
moments in SAG’s history and celebrated the diverse actors who contributed to the Guild’s emergence as the
nation’s largest labor union representing working actors.
A prolonged standing ovation saluted SAG’s 44 th Life Achievement Award recipient Charles Durning, who was
presented SAG’s highest honor by Burt Reynolds, following filmed tribute introduced by Denis Leary. The live
simulcast from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on TNT and TBS brought the Screen Actors Guild
Awards its highest ratings ever on cable.
The awarding of this year’s Actor statuettes was preceded by the announcement from the SAG Awards red carpet
of SAG’s new honors for the outstanding performances by a stunt ensemble in television and film, which was
webcast on TNT.TV and TBS.com’s live pre-shows.
For the twelfth consecutive year PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) celebrated
actors’ work both on and off the screen by hosting the official SAG Awards Gala on the backlot of the Shrine. Gold
urns of white roses and an architectural center superstructure covered with roses and greenery contrasted with
the soft grey fabric lining the expansive tent and covering the intimate conversation groups. Large video monitors
displayed a photo montage compiled by PEOPLE magazine, saluting the legacy of Screen Actors Guild in honor
of SAG’s 75th Anniversary. Guests stayed well into the night meeting, mingling, dining and dancing to a special
performance by Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Michael McDonald.
15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Jan. 25, 2009
Motion Picture Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn, Milk
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep, Doubt
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Kate Winslet, The Reader
For Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
For Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: The Dark Knight
Television Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Paul Giamatti, John Adams
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Laura Linney, John Adams
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Hugh Laurie, House
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Mad Men
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: 30 Rock
For Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: Heroes
After double-nominee William Shatner opened the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® red carpet with the
traditional Champagne Taittinger toast, film and television’s finest performers chatted with media from around the
world, posed for photographs and greeted cheering fans, all under the shelter of huge translucent tents. For the
second year in a row, the Los Angeles’ winter weather that had threatened to dampen the proceedings instead
turned sunny and bright, casting a warm glow on the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium.
SAG Awards nominees, presenters and their guests, joined by entertainment industry leaders, passed through a
silvery shimmering tunnel before entering the elegant showroom, which combined new and familiar elements as
part of this year’s SAG Awards “going green” initiative. The SAG Awards’ focus on actors inspired the ceremony’s
production design and décor. At center stage, floating against a twinkling background, a gold-framed silver screen
once again showcased the nominated performances and tributes to the SAG membership that are at the heart of
the event. A new luminous sunburst radiated out from the screen, adding even more light to a stage punctuated by
art deco references harkening back to the Guild’s founding years. Crystal chandeliers that accented the stage
lighting were echoed in overhead fixtures throughout the showroom.
Carrying on the tradition of saluting the Guild’s membership that began at first Screen Actors Guild Awards, Evan
Rachel Wood introduced a filmed salute to performances that were “Trailblazers” either in their casting or subject
matter. Following an engaging filmed tribute and a protracted standing ovation, Forest Whitaker presented James
Earl Jones with Screen Actors Guild’s highest honor, the 45th Annual Life Achievement Award.
The awarding of the year’s Actor statuettes was preceded by the announcement from the SAG Awards red carpet
by SAG President Alan Rosenberg and SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams of SAG’s honors for the
outstanding performances by a stunt ensemble in television and film, which was webcast on tnt.tv and tbs.com’s live
pre-shows.
For the thirteenth consecutive year PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) celebrated
actors’ charitable endeavors by making a generous donation to the SAG Foundation and by hosting the official SAG
Awards Gala on the backlot of the Shrine. Yellow roses brought bursts of warm color to the massive tent lined with
bronze draperies. Warm, tufted brown leather seating invited lingering conversation and dining, until a performance
by the rock legends comprising the Rock ’n’ Roll Fantasy Camp All Stars brought guests up on the feet and onto the
dance floor in an exuberant celebration which lasted long into the night.
16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Jan. 23, 2010
Motion Picture Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel
“Push” by Sapphire
For Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: Inglourious Basterds
For Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: Star Trek
Television Awards
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Drew Barrymore, Grey
Gardens
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Michael C. Hall, Dexter
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
For Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
For Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Mad Men
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Glee
For Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: 24
After two-time Actor® recipient John Slattery opened the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® arrivals with the
traditional Champagne Taittinger toast, film and television’s finest performers walked the SAG Awards red carpet
outside the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium under the shelter of a massive translucent canopy, erected to ward off
the threatening storms which had happily subsided well before the day’s activities commenced. SAG Awards
nominees and presenters visited with media from around the world, posed for photographs, greeted cheering fans
and stopped to chat with the hosts of “TNT and People Magazine Present THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD
AWARDS RED CARPET SHOW,” telecast live on TNT and webcast live on tnt.tv and tbs.com.
After traversing an ivory silk-lined tunnel, SAG Awards guests emerged to find their tables in a sumptuously
appointed showroom whose design combined repurposed as well as new elements in the SAG Awards ongoing
commitment to a “green” production. In keeping with the glamour of the evening, the ceremony’s production motif
harkened back to the opulent theatres and movie palaces of the past. Gold leaf and copper accents set
against deep platinum walls and an ebony floor emphasize such architectural details as fluted columns, elaborately
carved cartouches and geometric-patterned glass, while at center stage a gold-framed silver screen against a
twinkling background showcased the nominated performances and tributes that are the essence of the evening. A
custom-made deco crystal chandelier punctuated the stage lighting and was echoed in multiple overhead fixtures
throughout the showroom. Table linens in platinum and gold bisque silk set off Lucques catering’s beautiful
antipasto plate, created from sustainably produced ingredients. Guests enjoyed a 10th Anniversary Cuvée specially
bottled by Dry Creek Vineyards in honor of its 10th anniversary as the SAG Awards’ wine sponsor.
Continuing the sixteen-year tradition of saluting the Guild’s membership, Jane Lynch introduced a spirited film
montage that reveled in actors’ comic gifts. Sigourney Weaver introduced a filmed “In Memoriam” tribute to the
actors we have lost in the past year. Sandra Bullock presented the Screen Actors Guild’s highest honor, the Life
Achievement Award, to Betty White, following Bullock’s teasing introduction, a loving filmed salute and an
enthusiastic standing ovation. Ever the comedienne, White returned Bullock’s ‘roasting’ and then some, in her
delightfully saucy and sweet acceptance speech.
SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Committee Member Scott Bakula revealed this year’s SAG’s
Honors for the outstanding performances by a stunt ensemble in television and film, from the SAG Awards red
carpet, preceding the Actor® awards ceremony. The announcement was carried on tnt.tv and tbs.com’s live preshow webcast.
PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) celebrated actors’ charitable endeavors for the
fourteenth year by making a generous donation to the SAG Foundation and by hosting the official SAG Awards
Gala on the backlot of the Shrine. Blue-green birch walls and draped fabric ceiling, complemented by floating
globes holding purple hydrangeas and orchids, created a soft backdrop for the guests who poured into gala from
the adjoining showroom to congratulate each other and enjoy Wolfgang Puck’s scrumptious buffet. The inviting grey
leather seating, which along with the cobbled green tables and bronze tuffets had been recovered from 2009 in
keeping with the SAG Awards green initiative, promoted conversation, while this year’s Saturday night schedule
enabled partygoers to dance on late into the night, sparked by a lively performance by Uncle Kracker.